Medievalists.net » Cyprus http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Two hegemonies, one island: Cyprus as a ‘Middle Ground’ between the Byzantines and the Arabs (650-850 A.D.) http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/20/two-hegemonies-one-island-cyprus-as-a-middle-ground-between-the-byzantines-and-the-arabs-650-850-a-d/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/20/two-hegemonies-one-island-cyprus-as-a-middle-ground-between-the-byzantines-and-the-arabs-650-850-a-d/#comments Wed, 20 May 2015 21:35:15 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58314 This paper aims to assess the political and cultural status of the island of Cyprus as the only place within the Mediterranean where Christian heirs of Romans and Muslims shared the local tax revenue to create a buffer zone between two empires.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/26/sodomy-and-the-knights-templar/feed/ 0 The Greek Church of Cyprus under Latin Rule http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/07/the-greek-church-of-cyprus-under-latin-rule/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/07/the-greek-church-of-cyprus-under-latin-rule/#comments Sun, 07 Jul 2013 15:51:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40991 When Western Europeans took over the island of Cyprus in 1191, did it lead to religious turmoil between the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/07/the-greek-church-of-cyprus-under-latin-rule/feed/ 0 Cross relationships between Cyprus and the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in the Teutonic Military Order Tradition http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/01/cross-relationships-between-cyprus-and-the-latin-kingdom-of-jerusalem-in-the-teutonic-military-order-tradition/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/01/cross-relationships-between-cyprus-and-the-latin-kingdom-of-jerusalem-in-the-teutonic-military-order-tradition/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:29:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40238 This article will shed new light on the relationships and connections that developed between members of the Teutonic Order based in the Kingdom of Jerusalem and various elements of the population on the island of Cyprus.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/01/cross-relationships-between-cyprus-and-the-latin-kingdom-of-jerusalem-in-the-teutonic-military-order-tradition/feed/ 0 Female Dress in Cyprus during the Medieval Period http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/11/female-dress-in-cyprus-during-the-medieval-period/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/11/female-dress-in-cyprus-during-the-medieval-period/#comments Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:49:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37032 Cyprus offers ample evidence for the way people dressed in medieval times. Such testimony is preserved in a variety of media: frescoes, icons, effigial slabs and manuscripts.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/11/female-dress-in-cyprus-during-the-medieval-period/feed/ 0 Cultural Interactions in Cyprus 1191-1571: Byzantine and Italian Art http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/27/cultural-interactions-in-cyprus-1191-1571-byzantine-and-italian-art/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/27/cultural-interactions-in-cyprus-1191-1571-byzantine-and-italian-art/#comments Sun, 28 Oct 2012 04:51:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36740 Cyprus was one of the most important ports of the Byzantine Empire, and became even more significant for the control of the Eastern Mediterranean after the conquest of Asia Minor by the Seljuk Turks following the fall of Manzikert in 1071.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/27/cultural-interactions-in-cyprus-1191-1571-byzantine-and-italian-art/feed/ 0 Ship Construction in Cyprus 1325-6 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/27/ship-construction-in-cyprus-1325-6/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/27/ship-construction-in-cyprus-1325-6/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 02:53:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23384 Ship Construction in Cyprus 1325-6 By Sarah Arenson TROPIS Symposia Proceedings, Vol.2 (1987) Introduction: Our knowledge of ship construction in the Middle Ages has been widened considerably since underwater archaeology became a scientific discipline. Nevertheless, the data supplied by wrecks and other material evidence, such as illustrations, coins and seals, are hardly matched by the […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/27/ship-construction-in-cyprus-1325-6/feed/ 0 Saint Peter and Paul Church (Sinan Pasha Mosque), Famagusta: A Forgotten Gothic Moment in Northern Cyprus http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/27/saint-peter-and-paul-church-sinan-pasha-mosque-famagusta-a-forgotten-gothic-moment-in-northern-cyprus/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/27/saint-peter-and-paul-church-sinan-pasha-mosque-famagusta-a-forgotten-gothic-moment-in-northern-cyprus/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:19:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23368 Saint Peter and Paul Church (Sinan Pasha Mosque), Famagusta: A Forgotten Gothic Moment in Northern Cyprus Walsh, Michael Inferno, Volume IX, 2004 Abstract When Pope Urban II called the Council of Clermont in 1095, and in so doing ordered the start of the Crusades to the Holy Land, it was neither obvious nor predictable what […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/27/saint-peter-and-paul-church-sinan-pasha-mosque-famagusta-a-forgotten-gothic-moment-in-northern-cyprus/feed/ 0 The Templar Trials: Did the System Work? http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/25/the-templar-trials-did-the-system-work/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/25/the-templar-trials-did-the-system-work/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:26:36 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23281 Although the trials in general were held with enormous personal expenditures and by obviously careful observation of procedural rules, the ’system did not really work’; it was undermined by the dynamics of a legal instrument (that is, torture), which in the end was based on the use of violence.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/25/the-templar-trials-did-the-system-work/feed/ 0 The role of castles in the political and military history of the Crusader States and the Levant 1187 to 1380 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/18/the-role-of-castles-in-the-political-and-military-history-of-the-crusader-states-and-the-levant-1187-to-1380/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/18/the-role-of-castles-in-the-political-and-military-history-of-the-crusader-states-and-the-levant-1187-to-1380/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:49:36 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=22931 This thesis deals with the various functions of Latin and Armenian fortifications in Cilician Armenia, Greece, Cyprus, Syria and Palestine between 1187 and c.1380.

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