Orthodox Cyprus under the Latins, 1191-1571 : society, spirituality, and identities / by Chrysovalantis Kyriacou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kyriacou, Chrysovalantis, author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Byzantium (Series : Lanham, Md.)

Byzantium: A European Empire and Its Legacy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orthodox Eastern Church--Cyprus--History.

Orthodox Eastern Church.

Manners and customs.

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

Cyprus.

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

Cyprus--Religious life and customs--To 1500.

Cyprus--Social life and customs--16th century.

Cyprus--Social life and customs--To 1500.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, 2018.

Summary:

This study examines Cypriot society from the crusader conquest of the island in 1191 to the Ottoman conquest of 1571. The author analyzes the ethnic, cultural, and religious landscape of Cyprus and argues that Cypriots adopted a nonviolent, covert form of anti-Latin resistance.

Contents:

Cover; Orthodox Cyprus under the Latins, 1191-1571; Orthodox Cyprus under the Latins, 1191-1571: Society, Spirituality, and Identities; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Maps; Introduction; Chapter 1; "Under Heavy Storm and Tempest"; 1. Towards a modus vivendi (1191-1220s); 2. The Monks of Kantara; 3. The road to submission; Notes; Chapter 2; "In Our Hearts and Our Churches We Do As We Like"; 1. Cryptoreligiosity; 2. Memory as resistance; 3. Control of tradition; 4. Embodiment; 5. Multiple identities; Notes; Chapter 3; "In Your Light We Shall See Light."

1. The rise of an Orthodox Cypriot elite2. Cypriot anti-Palamism: a Latinizing movement?; 3. The victory of Palamite Hesychast Orthodoxy in Cyprus; Notes; Chapter 4; "Bounds Set Between Us and You"; 1. The Bryennios affair; 2. The Florentine "Union" and Orthodox boundary maintenance; 3. The "King's Church" after Florence; Notes; Chapter 5; "Render unto Caesar"; 1. Cypriot Orthodoxy and Early Modernity; 2. Cypriot Orthodoxy and the Counter-Reformation; 3. The dynamics of Orthodox Cypriot revival: the cultural context; Notes; Notes; Signa typographica; Abbreviationes; Sigla sacrae Scripturae

FontesAppendix I; Confession of Faith of the Monks of Kantara and a Synaxary on Their Memory; APPARATUS; Appendix II; Encyclical Letter to the Cypriots by Patriarch Kallistos I of Constantinople; APPARATUS; Appendix III; Florilegium on Purgatory and the Afterlife by Francis the Cypriot, OFM; APPARATUS; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781783276074

1-9787-2539-6

1-4985-5116-5

OCLC:

1082861648