, Brepols, 2021 Hardback, 912 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:115 col., 13 tables b/w., 3 maps b/w, Languages: English, French. ISBN 9782503590417.
Summary This is the second of two volumes on the history and archaeology of the port city of Famagusta in Cyprus from the beginning of the island's Frankish rule in 1191 to the Ottoman conquest in 1571. The first volume, entitled Art and Architecture and edited by Annemarie Weyl Carr, was published in this series in 2014. The volume provides a comprehensive survey of the four-century history of Famagusta under Frankish, Genoese, and Venetian rule down to the Ottoman siege and conquest, supplemented by an account of the image of the medieval and Renaissance city in retrospect. Based on original research and often using unpublished sources, fourteen acknowledged specialists study Famagusta's political, social, economic, and ecclesiastical history from a multi- and interdisciplinary approach that involves aspects such as institutional continuities and discontinuities, military and spatial organisation, religious and cultural exchanges, gender roles, and the city's image in travelogues, literature and art. Such an approach allows a better understanding of the evolution of the ethnically and religiously diverse Famagustian society from a rich commercial centre under the Lusignans to an enclave under the Genoese and a military outpost under the Venetians. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Gilles Grivaud, Introduction Part I. Frankish Famagusta 1191-1373/4 Peter W. Edbury, Famagusta and the Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus, 1192-1374 Jean Richard, Famagouste dans les institutions du royaume de Chypre et la question du bailliage royal David Jacoby, The Economy of Frankish Famagusta, 1191-1373 Part II. Genoese Famagusta 1373/74-1464 Catherine Otten-Froux, Famagouste sous la domination g noise (1374-1464) Laura Balletto, conomie et commerce Chypre pendant la p riode g noise Svetlana Bliznyuk, Famagusta on Guard Part III. Frankish and Genoese Famagusta Alexander Beihammer, La population de Famagouste (XIIIe-XVe si cle) Michel Balard, Syrian Christian Communities in Medieval Famagusta Chris Schabel, The Ecclesiastical History of Lusignan and Genoese Famagusta Part IV. Venetian Famagusta 1474-1571 Gilles Grivaud, Martiale et marcienne, Famagouste entre 1474-1571 Part V. Medieval and Renaissance Famagusta Panos Leventis, Fragmentation and Unity Angel Nicolaou-Konnari, Women in Medieval Famagusta Part VI. Medieval and Renaissance Famagusta in Retrospect Lucie Bonato, Famagouste dans la litt rature des voyageurs fran ais Rita Severis, Famagusta?: With Pencils, Brush, and Palette Maps and Illustrations List of Abbreviations Bibliography Index List of Contributors