Chrysovalantis Kyriacou

Orthodox Cyprus under the Latins, 1191-1571 (eBook, ePUB)

Society, Spirituality, and Identities

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Medieval and Renaissance Cyprus was a fascinating place of ethnic, cultural, and religious encounters. Following almost nine centuries of Byzantine rule, Cyprus was conquered by the Crusaders in 1191, becoming (until 1571) the most important stronghold of Latin Christianity in the Eastern Mediterranean-first under the Frankish dynasty of the Lusignans, and later under the Venetians. Modern historiographical readings of Cypriot identity in medieval and early modern times have been colored by British colonialism, Greek nationalism, and Cyprocentric revisionism. Although these perspectives have offered valuable insights into the historical experience of Latin-ruled Cypriots, they have partially failed to capture the dynamics of noncoercive resistance to domination, and of identity preservation and adaptation. Orthodox Cyprus under the Latins, 1191-1571 readdresses the question of Cypriot identity by focusing on the Greek Cypriots, the island's largest community during the medieval and early modern period. By bringing together theories from the fields of psychology, social anthropology, and sociology, this study explores continuities and discontinuities in the Byzantine culture and religious tradition of Cyprus, proposing a new methodological framework for a more comprehensive understanding of Cypriot Orthodoxy under Crusader and Venetian rule. A discussion of fresh evidence from hitherto unpublished primary sources enriches this examination, stressing the role of medieval and Renaissance Cyprus as cultural and religious province of the Byzantine and post-Byzantine Orthodox world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498551168
• Artikelnr.: 54979660

Autorenporträt

Chrysovalantis Kyriacou earned his PhD in history at Royal Holloway, University of London, and has taught at the University of Cyprus.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Eagle, Cross, and Lion: Historiography and Orthodox Cypriot
Identities
Chapter 1: "Under Heavy Storm and Tempest": The Coming of the Latins
Chapter 2: "In Our Hearts and Our Churches We Do as We like": Living under
the Bulla Cypria
Chapter 3: "In Your Light We Shall See Light": The Controversy over
Palamite Hesychasm
Chapter 4: "Bounds Set between Us and You": Boundary Maintenance in a
Period of Transformations
Chapter 5: "Render unto Caesar": Cypriot Orthodoxy under the Venetians
Coda: The Reed and the Olive Tree
Appendices
Appendix I: Confession of Faith of the Monks of Kantara and a Synaxary on
Their Memory
Appendix II: Encyclical Letter to the Cypriots by Patriarch Kallistos I of
Constantinople
Appendix III: Florilegium on Purgatory and the Afterlife by Francis the
Cypriot, OFM