What happened when Catholic doctrine, secular law, and minority religious difference met in that crucible of cultural decision making: the courtroom?
Big Love in the Middle Ages: Adjudicating Jewish Bigamy in Venetian Crete’s Secular Court
July 2, 2014 By
Bread and Falcons: The View from Crete in 1501
July 19, 2013 By
An overview of 62 letters written between 1500 and 1502 by Bartolomeo Minio, Venetian Captain of Crete.
The Italo-Cretan Religious Painting and The Byzantine-Palaeologan Legacy
August 19, 2012 By
The paper aims to introduce the last significant school of painting, which was nurtured by the Byzantine sources, the so-called Italo-Cretan school, whose presence and influence lasted for more than 300 years. Its works are perceived not just as mere objects of veneration but have also high artistic and marketing value.
Between Byzantium and Venice: Western Music in Crete
August 1, 2012 By
Were there orchestras, and which was their place in the life of the Catholic or Byzantine Churches? On the other hand, to what extent was the organ used in the liturgical space and by whom?
Transparency, Contract Selection and the Maritime Trade of Venetian Crete, 1303-1351
August 28, 2011 By
Transparency, Contract Selection and the Maritime Trade of Venetian Crete, 1303-1351 Williamson, Dean V. US Department of Justice, July (2001) Abstract The paper explores how merchants enabled long-distance trade in the Mediterranean before and after the Black Death. The Black Death disrupted the flows of information about commercial prospects upon which merchants depended for deciding when, […]
The Revolt of St Tito in Fourteenth-Century Venetian Crete: A Reassessment
August 28, 2011 By
The Revolt of St Tito in Fourteenth-Century Venetian Crete: A Reassessment By Sally McKee Mediterranean Historical Review, Vol.9 (1995) Introduction: In the summer of 1363, a rebellion broke out in the Venetian colony of Crete. The Revolt of St Tito, as the insurrection came to be called, differed from previous revolts on the island, in […]
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