IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 809: Exploring 15th-Century Cyprus, III: Law and Foreign Affairs
Tuesday 8 July 2014, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | University of Cyprus |
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| Organiser: | Michalis Olympios, Department of History & Archaeology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia |
| Moderator/Chair: | Michalis Olympios, Department of History & Archaeology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia |
| Paper 809-a | The Maréchaussée: A Tax on Animals in 15th-Century Lusignan Cyprus (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Law, Local History |
| Paper 809-b | The Contribution of Cyprus to the Hospitallers' Aegean Empire (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 809-c | The Kingdom of Cyprus and the Turkmen Beyliks of Southern Anatolia in the 15th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | This is one of three sessions conceived under the general theme of 'Exploring 15th-Century Cyprus'. After the participation of Cyprus in the (mis)fortunes of the Crusader States of Latin Syria during the 13th century, the 14th has been regarded by historians as the kingdom's heyday, when its international presence and importance in regional affairs reached their peak. It is also viewed as the period during which the kingdom's legal system was streamlined in a decisive reform following the assassination of King Peter I in 1369. Nevertheless, in-depth consideration of these two aspects of Cypriot medieval history has rarely extended to the 15th century, when the political, religious, and demographic map of the eastern Mediterranean region was radically reconfigured by important military and other events. The three papers in this session deal with exactly these aspects of Cypriot 15th-century history, placing the island in the midst of a region seething with rapid and violent change. |