A History of Cyprus 4 Volume Set

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-1-108-02066-4
Verlag: Cambridge-Hitachi

Buch, Englisch, 2422 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 3670 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - European History

Sir George Francis Hill (1867–1948), was perhaps best known as a numismatist, although his scholarly interests and accomplishments included a range of time periods and subjects. A classicist by training, Hill built his career at the British Museum's department of coins and medals. In his forty-three years there he produced volumes on coins of antiquity; Greek history and art; coins, heraldry, and iconography of medieval and Renaissance Italy; and treasure troves. In 1931 Hill became the Museum's director and principal librarian, the first archaeologist to hold this post. His four-volume History of Cyprus (1940–52) ranged from Cyprus's earliest years to the twentieth century, and became the standard text on the subject. It is a valuable resource for scholars of the country, of antiquity and of the Mediterranean world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hill, George

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1: Preface; List of illustrations and maps; List of books consulted; 1. The land; 2. The Stone Age; 3. The Bronze Age; 4. The religion of early Cyprus; 5. The Greek colonization; 6. Phoenicians, Assyrians and Egyptians; 7. From Cyrus to Alexander; 8. The successors; 9. The Ptolemies; 10. The arts in pre-Roman Cyprus; 11. The Roman province; 12. Byzantium and Islam; Addenda; Index. Volume 2: Preface; List of illustrations and maps; List of books referred to; 1. The Frankish foundation. Guy and Aimery de Lusignan, 1192–1205; 2. Hugh I. Henry I to the end of the Longobard War, 1205–43; 3. The last days of Frankish Syria, 1243–91; 4. From the fall of Acre to the restoration of Henry II, 1291–1310; 5. From the restoration of Henry II to the death of Hugh IV, 1310–59; 6. Peter I, 1359–69; 7. Peter II. James I, 1369–98; 8. Janus, 1398-1432. Volume 3: 9. John II, 1432–58; 10. Charlotte and Louis of Savoy, 1458–64; 11. James II, 1464–73; 12. Catherine and James III. Catherine alone, 1473–89; 13. Cyprus under Venice; 14. The war of Cyprus. I. The expedition of 1570; 15. The war of Cyprus. II. The Turkish conquest; 16. The two churches, 1220–1571; 17. Literature and the fine arts; Notes on some authorities; Genealogy of the Lusignan dynasty; Addenda; Index. Volume 4: List of plates; Preface; Editor's foreword; Documents and publications referred to; Part I. The Ottoman Province: 1. The Ottoman organization; 2. Western relations in the seventeenth century; 3. Kapudan Pasha and Grand Vezir (1571–1785); 4. Ascendancy of Dragoman and Bishops (1785–1821); 5. Abortive reforms (1821–1856); 6. Last days of Turkish rule (1856–1878); 7. The British occupation (1878); 8. The church under the Turks (1571-1878); Part II. Cyprus under British Rule: 9. Status of the island; 10. Constitutional questions; 11. Finance: taxation; 12. Finance: the tribute; 13. Enosis; 14. The church under the British; 15. Antiquities; 16. Strategic considerations; Appendices; Index.