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Medieval and Renaissance Cyprus was a fascinating place of ethnic,
cultural, and religious encounters. Following almost nine centuries
of Byzantine rule, Cyprus was conquered by the Crusaders in 1191,
becoming (until 1571) the most important stronghold of Latin
Christianity in the Eastern Mediterranean-first under the Frankish
dynasty of the Lusignans, and later under the Venetians. Modern
historiographical readings of Cypriot identity in medieval and
early modern times have been colored by British colonialism, Greek
nationalism, and Cyprocentric revisionism. Although these
perspectives have offered valuable insights into the historical
experience of Latin-ruled Cypriots, they have partially failed to
capture the dynamics of noncoercive resistance to domination, and
of identity preservation and adaptation. Orthodox Cyprus under the
Latins, 1191-1571 readdresses the question of Cypriot identity by
focusing on the Greek Cypriots, the island's largest community
during the medieval and early modern period. By bringing together
theories from the fields of psychology, social anthropology, and
sociology, this study explores continuities and discontinuities in
the Byzantine culture and religious tradition of Cyprus, proposing
a new methodological framework for a more comprehensive
understanding of Cypriot Orthodoxy under Crusader and Venetian
rule. A discussion of fresh evidence from hitherto unpublished
primary sources enriches this examination, stressing the role of
medieval and Renaissance Cyprus as cultural and religious province
of the Byzantine and post-Byzantine Orthodox world.
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.
Medieval and Renaissance Cyprus was a fascinating place of ethnic,
cultural, and religious encounters. Following almost nine centuries
of Byzantine rule, Cyprus was conquered by the Crusaders in 1191,
becoming (until 1571) the most important stronghold of Latin
Christianity in the Eastern Mediterranean-first under the Frankish
dynasty of the Lusignans, and later under the Venetians. Modern
historiographical readings of Cypriot identity in medieval and
early modern times have been colored by British colonialism, Greek
nationalism, and Cyprocentric revisionism. Although these
perspectives have offered valuable insights into the historical
experience of Latin-ruled Cypriots, they have partially failed to
capture the dynamics of noncoercive resistance to domination, and
of identity preservation and adaptation. Orthodox Cyprus under the
Latins, 1191-1571 readdresses the question of Cypriot identity by
focusing on the Greek Cypriots, the island's largest community
during the medieval and early modern period. By bringing together
theories from the fields of psychology, social anthropology, and
sociology, this study explores continuities and discontinuities in
the Byzantine culture and religious tradition of Cyprus, proposing
a new methodological framework for a more comprehensive
understanding of Cypriot Orthodoxy under Crusader and Venetian
rule. A discussion of fresh evidence from hitherto unpublished
primary sources enriches this examination, stressing the role of
medieval and Renaissance Cyprus as cultural and religious province
of the Byzantine and post-Byzantine Orthodox world.
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