| Cyprus: Society and Culture 1191-1374 Contributor(s): Nicolaou-Konnari, Angel (Editor), Schabel, Chris (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004147675 ISBN-13: 9789004147676 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $136.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: The only one-volume scholarly survey of the ethnic groups, economy, religion, literature, and art of the multicultural Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus during the first centuries of Frankish rule following the conquest of the Byzantine island in the Third Crusade. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Series: Medieval Mediterranean |
| Physical Information: 1.29" H x 6.52" W x 9.76" (2.20 lbs) 452 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume is the only scholarly work in English examining the multicultural society of the Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus during the first two centuries of Frankish rule following the conquest of the Byzantine island during the Third Crusade. In this global synthesis based on original research, often in manuscripts, six chapters by acknowledged experts treat the main ethnic groups - Greeks and Franks - and the economy, religion, literature, and art of a frontier society between Byzantium, the papacy, the Crusader States, and the Islamic world. Cyprus, also home to Armenians, Syrians (Maronites, Melkites, Jacobites, Nestorians), Jews, Muslims, and others, offers an excellent opportunity to study the fascinating issues of identity construction, acculturation, and assimilation in a ethnically and religiously diverse society. |