The harbour of all this sea and realm : crusader to Venetian Famagusta / edited by Michael J.K. Walsh, Tamás Kiss, Nicholas S.H. Coureas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Walsh, Michael J. K., 1968- editor.

Kiss, Tamás, 1976- editor.

Coureas, Nicholas, editor.

Series:

CEU medievalia ; 17.

CEU medievalia, 1587-6470 ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Material culture.

History.

Famagusta (Cyprus)--Civilization.

Famagusta (Cyprus).

Famagusta (Cyprus)--History.

Material culture--Cyprus--Famagusta--History.

Crusades.

Cyprus--History--Lusignan dynasty, 1192-1474.

Cyprus.

Cyprus--History--Venetian rule, 1474-1570.

Cyprus--Famagusta.

Physical Description:

x, 204 pages, 56 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Budapest, Hungary ; New York, NY : Central European University Press, 2014.

Summary:

Famagusta's importance as a historic city is unquestionable. The coronation place for the Latin Kings of Jerusalem in the fourteenth century, mentioned in Dante's Inferno, and selected as the probable setting for Shakespeare's tragedy Othello, its name evokes Lusignan and Venetian mereantile enterprise, exquisite Gothic architecture and art, Italian renaissance military architecture and one of the longest and most hard-fought sieges in the centuries old warfare between cross sand crescent. The essays in this collection examine the history of Famagusta during its halcyon days, the twists and turns of fate that caused it to soar before its collapse. More implicitly but equally importantly, they also express an appeal to safeguard and promote the fragmented but precious remains of the rich and complex history of Famagusta, which contained, in Ludolph von-Suchen's words 'the harbours of all this sea and realm'. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction / Michael J.K. Walsh, Tamás Kiss, and Nicholas S.H. Coureas

Section one. History

Nicosia and Famagusta during the Frankish period (1192-1474) : two capitals for one kingdom? / Philippe Trelat

Stephen de Mezel, Bishop of Famagusta and his age (1244-1259) / Pierre-Vincent Claverie

Refugees from Acre in Famagusta around 1300 / David Jacoby

Apprentice artisans and craftsmen in Famagusta in the notarial deeds of Lamberto di Sambuceto and Giovanni da Rocha, 1296-1310 / Nicholas Coureas

The mercenaries of Genoese Famagusta in the fifteenth century / Michel Balard

Maritime trade in Famagusta during the Venetian period (1474-1571) / Benjamin Arbel

Section two. Material culture

Made in Cyprus? Fourteenth century Mamluk metal ware for the West : the question of provenance / Ulrike Ritzerfeld

Crusader ideology, propaganda and the art of the Carmelite Church in fourteenth century Famagusta / Maria Paschali

Identity markers in the art of fourteenth-century Famagusta / Michele Bacci

Pillars and punishment : Spolia and colonial authority in Venetian Famagusta / Allan Langdale

Harmonizing the sources : an insight into the appearance of the Saint Georgios Complex at various stages of its building history / Thomas Kaffenberger.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786155225963

6155225966

OCLC:

863196643