Medievalists.net » Crete http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Big Love in the Middle Ages: Adjudicating Jewish Bigamy in Venetian Crete’s Secular Court http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/02/big-love-middle-ages-adjudicating-jewish-bigamy-venetian-cretes-secular-court/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/02/big-love-middle-ages-adjudicating-jewish-bigamy-venetian-cretes-secular-court/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2014 18:02:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50826 What happened when Catholic doctrine, secular law, and minority religious difference met in that crucible of cultural decision making: the courtroom?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/02/big-love-middle-ages-adjudicating-jewish-bigamy-venetian-cretes-secular-court/feed/ 0 Bread and Falcons: The View from Crete in 1501 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/19/bread-and-falcons-the-view-from-crete-in-1501/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/19/bread-and-falcons-the-view-from-crete-in-1501/#comments Sat, 20 Jul 2013 00:45:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42252 An overview of 62 letters written between 1500 and 1502 by Bartolomeo Minio, Venetian Captain of Crete.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/19/bread-and-falcons-the-view-from-crete-in-1501/feed/ 0 The Italo-Cretan Religious Painting and The Byzantine-Palaeologan Legacy http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/19/the-italo-cretan-religious-painting-and-the-byzantine-palaeologan-legacy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/19/the-italo-cretan-religious-painting-and-the-byzantine-palaeologan-legacy/#comments Sun, 19 Aug 2012 16:29:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34927 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/19/the-italo-cretan-religious-painting-and-the-byzantine-palaeologan-legacy/feed/ 0 Between Byzantium and Venice: Western Music in Crete http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/01/between-byzantium-and-venice-western-music-in-crete/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/01/between-byzantium-and-venice-western-music-in-crete/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:55:13 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34388 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?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/01/between-byzantium-and-venice-western-music-in-crete/feed/ 0 Transparency, Contract Selection and the Maritime Trade of Venetian Crete, 1303-1351 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/28/transparency-contract-selection-and-the-maritime-trade-of-venetian-crete-1303-1351/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/28/transparency-contract-selection-and-the-maritime-trade-of-venetian-crete-1303-1351/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:02:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=24632 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, […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/28/transparency-contract-selection-and-the-maritime-trade-of-venetian-crete-1303-1351/feed/ 0 The Revolt of St Tito in Fourteenth-Century Venetian Crete: A Reassessment http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/28/the-revolt-of-st-tito-in-fourteenth-century-venetian-crete-a-reassessment/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/28/the-revolt-of-st-tito-in-fourteenth-century-venetian-crete-a-reassessment/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:43:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=24628 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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