Famagusta maritima : : mariners, merchants, pilgrims and mercenaries / / edited by Michael J. K. Walsh.

• TeilnehmendeR: Walsh, Michael J. K., 1968-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2019]
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Studies in Maritime History 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (300 pages) :; illustrations

Famagusta Maritima: Mariners, Merchants, Pilgrims and Mercenaries presents a collection of scholarly studies spanning the thousand year history of the port of Famagusta in Cyprus. This historic harbour city was at the heart of the Crusading Lusignan dynasty, a possession of both Genoa and Venice during the Renaissance, a port of the Ottoman Empire for three centuries, and in time, a strategic naval and intelligence node for the British Empire. It is a maritime space made famous by the realities of its extraordinary importance and influence, followed by its calamitous demise. Contributors are: Michele Bacci, Lucie Bonato, Tomasz Borowski, Mike Carr, Pierre-Vincent Claverie, Dragos Cosmescu, Nicholas Coureas, Marko Kiessel, Antonio Musarra, William Spates, Asu Tozan, Ahmet Usta, and Michael Walsh.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- “Old Ships [Sail] Like Swans Asleep … for Famagusta and the Hidden Sun” / Michael J. K. Walsh -- A Holy Site for Sailors: Our Lady of the Cave in Famagusta / Michele Bacci -- Placed in the Midst of Enemies? / Tomasz Borowski -- Between the Papal Court and the Islamic World: Famagusta and Cypriot Merchants in the Fourteenth Century / Mike Carr -- The Role of Famagusta in Genoese Maritime Routes between the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries / Antonio Musarra -- Starting Point of the Genoese Thalassocracy in Cyprus: An Unpublished Roll of Knights and Squires Imprisoned in Famagusta in 1374 / Pierre-Vincent Claverie -- The Export of Soap and Olive Oil from the Port of Famagusta in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries / Nicholas Coureas -- Maritime Slave Trading in Fourteenth-Century Famagusta / Ahmet Usta -- Sea Defenses in the Renaissance: Famagusta in Comparative Venetian Perspective / Dragoş Cosmescu -- Power, Peril and Maritime-Trade Wish Fulfillment in Thomas Dekker’s The Pleasant Comedy of Old Fortunatus / William Spates -- The Harbor of Famagusta during the Ottoman Period in French Travelogues and Consular Archives / Lucie Bonato -- The Development of Famagusta Harbor during the British Colonial Period (1878–1960) / Asu Tozan -- Famagusta on Cyprus and the Sea: Hotel Architecture, Urban Development and Tourism during the British Colonial and Early Postcolonial Period / Marko Kiessel -- Back Matter -- Index.