Cyprus

Society and Culture 1191-1374
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-90-04-14767-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 58, 436 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 248 mm, Gewicht: 998 g

Reihe: The Medieval Mediterranean

This volume is the only scholarly work in English examining the multicultural society of the Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus during the first two centuries of Frankish rule following the conquest of the Byzantine island during the Third Crusade.
In this global synthesis based on original research, often in manuscripts, six chapters by acknowledged experts treat the main ethnic groups – Greeks and Franks – and the economy, religion, literature, and art of a frontier society between Byzantium, the papacy, the Crusader States, and the Islamic world.
Cyprus, also home to Armenians, Syrians (Maronites, Melkites, Jacobites, Nestorians), Jews, Muslims, and others, offers an excellent opportunity to study the fascinating issues of identity construction, acculturation, and assimilation in a ethnically and religiously diverse society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nicolaou-Konnari, Angel

Schabel, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. vii
Sponsor’s Preface. ix
List of Contributors. xi
Genealogical Tables. xiii
Map of Frankish Cyprus. xvi

Introduction. 1

Greeks. 13
Angel Nicolaou-Konnari

Franks. 63
Peter W. Edbury

Economy. 103
Nicholas Coureas

Religion. 157
Chris Schabel

Literature. 219
Gilles Grivaud

Art. 285
Annemarie Weyl Carr

Figures
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Angel Nicolaou-Konnari, Ph.D. (1999), Cardiff, teaches medieval history at the University of Cyprus. Besides the recent diplomatic edition of the Chronicle of Leontios Makhairas (2003), she is currently completing research on The Encounter of Greeks and Franks in 13th-Century Cyprus.
Chris Schabel, Ph.D. (1994), Iowa, is Assistant Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cyprus. He has published extensively on Frankish Cyprus and on the intellectual history of the later Middle Ages, including Theology at Paris 1316-1345 (2000).