Rogge / Grünbart Medieval Cyprus

a Place of Cultural Encounter
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-8309-8360-6
Verlag: Waxmann Verlag GmbH
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 392 Seiten

In December 2012 a group of scholars met in Münster to present their recent studies on the multifaceted history and culture of medieval Cyprus - and most of the papers presented at that conference are published in this volume. Several deal with the (political) history of the island: the reign of Isaakios Komnenos, the effects of the crusade of King Peter I in 1365, the so-called Ottoman-Venetian war. An overview of the three volumes of the Bullarium Cyprium is given. Aspects of economic life in medieval Cyprus are treated in three papers: organisation, management and economic activities of monastic estates in the Middle Byzantine period, medieval cane sugar production on the island, the commerce between the islands of Cyprus, Majorca and Sardinia. Papers on a major ecclesiastical complex dating from the early 7th century, on Cypriot artefacts of the 13th and 14th centuries used in daily life, on luxury metal objects from the Lusignan period, and on some rather disparate elements of 15th-century architecture in Cyprus give insights into the material culture of medieval Cyprus. Furthermore the topics of settlement patterns and insularity are treated in a paper on the successive relocations of the capital of the island of Cyprus from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages.
The book contains papers by Alexander Beihammer, Nicholas Coureas, Peter Edbury, Michael Grünbart, Michalis Olympios, Tassos Papacostas, Maria Parani, K. Scott Parker, Eleni Procopiou, Ulrike Ritzerfeld, Christopher Schabel, Marina Solomidou-Ieronymidou, Myrto Veiko and Joanita Vroom.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rogge, Sabine

Grünbart, Michael

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Book Cover;1
1.1;Contents;5
1.2;Preface;7
2;How to Become an Emperor: The Ascension of Isaakios Komnenos (of Cyprus) (Michael Grünbart);11
2.1;Out of Focus: The Capture of the Capital;19
2.2;The Display of Rulership;20
2.3;By Grace of God – the Role of the Church;22
2.4;Concluding Remarks;23
2.5;Bibliography;24
3;Ernoul, Eracles and the Beginnings of Frankish Rule in Cyprus, 1191–1232 (Peter Edbury);29
4;Peter I de Lusignan, the Crusade of 1365, and the Oriental Christians of Cyprus and the Mamluk Sultanate (K. Scott Parker);53
4.1;Oriental Christian Confessions in Cyprus;54
4.2;Shared Space: Cyprus and the Mamluk Sultanate in the Eastern Mediterranean;59
4.3;King Peter I de Lusignan and the Crusade of Alexandria, 1365;60
4.4;The Crusade and the Oriental Christians;62
4.5;Conclusion: Peter I and his Oriental Christian Subjects;66
4.6;Bibliography;67
5;The Kingdom of Cyprus in the First Ottoman-Venetian War (1463–1479): Aspects of its Military and Political Significance (Alexander Beihammer);73
5.1;Negotiating in Famagusta: Venetian-Cypriot Collaboration and Conflict Resolution;80
5.2;Betwixt Erzincan and Cyprus: Long-Range Warfare and Problems of Communication;88
5.3;Bibliography;99
6;The Bullarium Cyprium: The Ongoing Mission ... (Christopher Schabel);101
6.1;Bullarium Cyprium I–II;101
6.2;Bullarium Cyprium III;104
6.3;APEX;113
6.4;Bibliography;118
7;Monastic Estates in the Middle Byzantine Period: Evidence from Cyprus for Local and Overseas Landowners (Tassos Papacostas);123
7.1;Local owners;124
7.2;Overseas owners;130
7.3;Overview;134
7.4;Appendix;139
7.5;Glossary – Commentary;141
7.6;Bibliography;142
8;Sugar Mills and Sugar Production in Medieval Cyprus (Marina Solomidou-Ieronymidou);147
8.1;Episkopi-Serayia Sugar Mill;158
8.2;Kolossi Sugar Mill;161
9;Islands East and West: Commerce between Cyprus, Majorca and Sardinia in the Early Fourteenth Century (Nicholas Coureas);175
10;The Excavations at Akrotiri-Katalymata ton Plakoton 2007–2014 (Eleni Procopiou);185
10.1;The Location;185
10.2;Building A;191
10.3;Atrium;201
10.4;Building B;202
10.5;Structural Elements;204
10.6;Typology;205
10.7;Towards an Interpretation;206
10.8;Bibliography;213
11;Living in a Sweet Land: The Material Culture of Daily Life on Cyprus, 13th–14th Centuries (Maria Parani);219
12;Strike a Pose: Human Representations and Gestureson Medieval Ceramics from Cyprus(ca. 13th–15th/16th Centuries) (Joanita Vroom);245
12.1;Introduction;245
12.2;TAESP;246
12.3;Museum Collections;248
12.4;Gestures and Body Techniques;251
12.5;Male Depictions;255
12.6;Female Depictions;259
12.7;Couples and Others;261
12.8;Broader Background;263
12.9;Classifications;264
12.10;Conclusion;268
12.11;Bibliography;271
13;The Language of Power: Transgressing Borders in Luxury Metal Objects of the Lusignan (Ulrike Ritzerfeld);277
14;Resting in Pieces: Gothic Architecture in Cyprus in the Long Fifteenth Century (Michalis Olympios);309
14.1;Architectural Activity from the Reign of Peter II (reg. 1369/1372–1382) to the End of the Lusignan Period (1489): Some Documentary Pointers;310
14.2;Late Gothic Flourishes;314
14.3;A Deep-seated Conservatism;333
14.4;Building in the Age of Disaster: Conclusions and Future Prospects;344
14.5;Bibliography;346
15;One Island, three Capitals. Insularity and the Successive Relocations of the Capital of Cyprus from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages (Myrto Veikou);357
15.1;Definition of Islands’ Particular Qualities within Settlement Networks during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages;358
15.2;The Meaning of the Location and Relocation of the Islands’ Capitals within the Context of Settlement Transformation during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages;362
15.3;Conclusions;376
15.4;Bibliography;381
15.5;Acknowledgements;387