Famagusta : Vol. II: History and Society.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grivaud, Gilles.

Contributor:

Nicolaou-Konnari, Angel.

Schabel, Chris.

Series:

Mediterranean Nexus 1100-1700

Mediterranean Nexus 1100-1700 ; v.8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Famagusta (Cyprus)--History.

Famagusta (Cyprus).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (912 pages)

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols Publishers, 2021.

Summary:

This is the second of two volumes on the history and archaeology of the port city of Famagusta in Cyprus from the beginning of the island?s Frankish rule in 1192 to the Ottoman conquest in 1571. The first volume, entitled 'Art and Architecture' and edited by Annemarie Weyl Carr, was published in this series in 2014.0The volume provides a comprehensive survey of the four-century history of Famagusta under Frankish, Genoese, and Venetian rule down to the Ottoman siege and conquest, supplemented by an account of the image of the medieval and Renaissance city in retrospect. Based on original research and often using unpublished sources, fourteen acknowledged specialists study Famagusta?s political, social, economic, and ecclesiastical history from a multi- and interdisciplinary approach that involves aspects such as institutional continuities and discontinuities, military and space organisation, religious and cultural exchanges, gender roles, and the city?s image in travelogues?, writers? and artists? works. Such an approach allows a better understanding of the evolution of the ethnically and religiously diverse Famagustian society from a rich commercial centre under the Lusignans to an enclave under the Genoese and a military outpost under the Venetians.

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ISBN:

2-503-59042-X

OCLC:

1244622300