The Byzantine Warrior Hero

The Byzantine Warrior Hero
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 243
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ISBN-10 : 9781793621993
ISBN-13 : 1793621993
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Synopsis The Byzantine Warrior Hero by : Chrysovalantis Kyriacou

Chrysovalantis Kyriacou examines how memories of the pre-Christian past, Christian militarism, power struggles, and ethnoreligious encounters have left their long-term imprint on Cypriot culture. One of the most impressive examples of this phenomenon is the preservation and transformative adaptation of Byzantine heroic themes, motifs, and symbols in Cypriot folk songs. By combining a variety of written sources and archaeological material in his interdisciplinary examination, the author reconstructs the image of the Byzantine warrior hero in the songs, recovering the mentalities of overshadowed social protagonists and stressing the role of subaltern communities as active agents in the shaping of history.

Byzantine and Medieval Cyprus

Byzantine and Medieval Cyprus
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 0948853204
ISBN-13 : 9780948853203
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Byzantine and Medieval Cyprus by : Gwynneth der Parthog

Cyprus in the Long Late Antiquity

Cyprus in the Long Late Antiquity
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Publisher : Oxbow Books
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 9781789258769
ISBN-13 : 1789258766
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Cyprus in the Long Late Antiquity by : Panayiotis Panayides

Cyprus was a thriving and densely populated late antique province. Contrary to what used to be thought, the Arab raids of the mid-seventh century did not abruptly bring the island’s prosperity to an end. Recent research instead highlights long-lasting continuity in both urban and rural contexts. This volume brings together historians and archaeologists working on diverse aspects of Cyprus between the sixth and eighth centuries. They discuss topics as varied as rural prosperity, urban endurance, artisanal production, civic and private religion and maritime connectivity. The role of the imperial administration and of the Church is touched upon in several contributions. Other articles place Cyprus back into its wider Mediterranean context. Together, they produce a comprehensive impression of the quality of life on the island in the long late antiquity.

Cyprus Between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (ca. 600–800)

Cyprus Between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (ca. 600–800)
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9781351999120
ISBN-13 : 1351999125
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Synopsis Cyprus Between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (ca. 600–800) by : Luca Zavagno

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Mattia Pascal and the name of Cyprus -- Notes -- 2. Seeing the unseen: a brief overview of Cypriot historiography -- Notes -- 3. The mousetrap of methodology -- Act I: General problems of method -- Act II: Literary and material sources for early medieval Cyprus -- Notes -- 4. A history of Cyprus in the early Middle Ages -- Cyprus from the sixth to the ninth century -- The power of the Cypriot Church -- Notes -- 5. Urban versus rural: the many sides of the Cypriot coin -- Overcoming the caesurae -- Surveying the Cypriot countryside -- Salamis-Constantia and its sisters: Cypriot urbanism in transition -- Notes -- 6. An insular economy in transition -- The economy of early medieval Cyprus -- In a league of their own: ceramics in early medieval Cyprus -- Notes -- 7. Aftermath and conclusions -- Cyprus in the ninth and tenth centuries -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Byzantine Cyprus

Byzantine Cyprus
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 659
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ISBN-10 : 9963081150
ISBN-13 : 9789963081158
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Byzantine Cyprus by : David Michael Metcalf

Cyprus and the Devotional Arts of Byzantium in the Era of the Crusades

Cyprus and the Devotional Arts of Byzantium in the Era of the Crusades
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 410
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015060603308
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Synopsis Cyprus and the Devotional Arts of Byzantium in the Era of the Crusades by : Annemarie Weyl Carr

Professor Carr is concerned here with the devotional arts of the Byzantine world in the period from the twelfth to the sixteenth century. The first set of studies deals with groups of illuminated manuscripts of the twelfth century, mostly connected with the Eastern Mediterranean, while the second focuses directly on Cyprus and its rich Orthodox visual heritage in the later Middle Ages. As Byzantium's strongest bridgehead to the Crusades and its heir in the Levantine balance of power, the island of Cyprus retains an exceptionally rich legacy of Byzantine culture and artifacts. At the same time, as the seat of the most enduring Crusader state, it offers unparalleled testimony to the interplay of Greek and Latin cultural traditions as they accommodated and resisted one another under the pressure of Mamluk, Mongol, and Ottoman expansion.

The Painted Churches of Cyprus

The Painted Churches of Cyprus
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 527
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ISBN-10 : 996356030X
ISBN-13 : 9789963560301
Rating : 4/5 (0X Downloads)

Synopsis The Painted Churches of Cyprus by : Andreas Stylianou

Byzantine Images and their Afterlives

Byzantine Images and their Afterlives
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 294
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ISBN-10 : 9781351953832
ISBN-13 : 1351953834
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Synopsis Byzantine Images and their Afterlives by : Lynn Jones

The twelve papers written for this volume reflect the wide scope of Annemarie Weyl Carr's interests and the equally wide impact of her work. The concepts linking the essays include the examination of form and meaning, the relationship between original and copy, and reception and cultural identity in medieval art and architecture. Carr’s work focuses on the object but considers the audience, looks at the copy for retention or rejection of the original form and meaning, and always seeks to understand the relationship between intent and perception. She examines the elusive nature of ’center’ and ’periphery’, expanding and enriching the discourse of manuscript production, icons and their copies, and the dissemination of style and meaning. Her body of work is impressive in its chronological scope and geographical extent, as is her ability to tie together aspects of patronage, production and influence across the medieval Mediterranean. The volume opens with an overview of Carr’s career at Southern Methodist University, by Bonnie Wheeler. Kathleen Maxwell, Justine Andrews and Pamela Patton contribute chapters in which they examine workshops, subgroups and influences in manuscript production and reception. Diliana Angelova, Lynn Jones and Ida Sinkevic offer explorations of intent and reception, focusing on imperial patronage, relics and reliquaries. Cypriot studies are represented by Michele Bacci and Maria Vassilaki, who examine aspects of form and style in architecture and icons. The final chapters, by Jaroslav Folda, Anthony Cutler, Rossitza Schroeder and Ann Driscoll, are linked by their focus on the nature of copies, and tease out the ways in which meaning is retained or altered, and the role that is played by intent and reception.

Cyprus between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (ca. 600–800)

Cyprus between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (ca. 600–800)
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9781351999113
ISBN-13 : 1351999117
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Synopsis Cyprus between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (ca. 600–800) by : Luca Zavagno

Research on early medieval Cyprus has focused on the late antique "golden age" (late fourth/early fifth to seventh century) and the so-called Byzantine "Reconquista" (post-AD 965) while overlooking the intervening period. This phase was characterized, supposedly, by the division of the political sovereignty between the Umayyads and the Byzantines, bringing about the social and demographic dislocation of the population of the island. This book proposes a different story of continuities and slow transformations in the fate of Cyprus between the late sixth and the early ninth centuries. Analysis of new archaeological evidence shows signs of a continuing link to Constantinople. Moreover, together with a reassessment of the literary evidence, archaeology and material culture help us to reappraise the impact of Arab naval raids and contextualize the confrontational episodes throughout the ebb and flow of Eastern Mediterranean history: the political influence of the Caliphate looked stronger in the second half of the seventh century, the administrative and ecclesiastical influence of the Byzantine empire was held sway from the beginning of the eighth to the twelfth century. Whereas the island retained sound commercial ties with the Umayyad Levant in the seventh and eighth centuries, at the same time politically and economically it remained part of the Byzantine sphere. This belies the idea of Cyprus as an independent province only loosely tied to Constantinople and allows us to draw a different picture of the cultural identities, political practices and hierarchy of wealth and power in Cyprus during the passage from Late Antiquity to the early Middle Ages.