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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796671303321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Budapest, Hungary : , : Department of Medieval Studies & Central European University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

963-386-064-4

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs

Collana

CEU Medievalia, , 1587-6470 ; ; 17

Disciplina

956.93/01

Soggetti

Material culture - Cyprus - Famagusta - History

Crusades

Famagusta (Cyprus) Civilization

Famagusta (Cyprus) History

Cyprus History Lusignan dynasty, 1192-1474

Cyprus History Venetian rule, 1474-1570

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

The Harbour of All This Sea and Realm offers an overview of the Lusignan, Genoese and Venetian history of the main port city of Cyprus, a Mediterranean crossroads. The essays contribute to the understanding of Famagusta's social and administrative structure, as well as the influences on its architectural, artisan, and art historical heritage from the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries. We read of crusader bishops from central France, metalworkers from Asia Minor, mercenaries from Genoa, refugees from Acre, and traders from Venice. The themes of the city's diasporas and cultural hybridity permeate and unify the essays in this collaborative effort. Some of the studies use archival sources to reconstruct the early stages of appearances of various buildings. Such research is of vital importance, given the threat to Famagusta's medieval and early modern heritage by its use as a military base since 1974.