Overview
- Provides a comprehensive analysis of the growth of Cypriot culture and history through the lens of the Armenian Church
- Features leading experts exploring new primary source material
- Appeals to thoroughly interdisciplinary scholars, particularly historians, art historians, religious scholars, political scientists, and anthropologists
Part of the book series: Mediterranean Perspectives (MEPERS)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Interpretation and Analysis
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Conservation, Education, and Diagnostics
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Complexity and Heritage: Future Research Perspectives
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About this book
This book explores seven centuries of change in Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean world through the rise and fall of Famagusta’s medieval Armenian Church. An examination of the complex and its art escorts the reader from the era of the Crusades in Lusignan Cyprus, through the rise and fall of the Venetian, Ottoman and British Empires, to the political stasis of the present day. The Armenian church was a home for displaced villagers during the post-independence era, became a military storage facility post-1974 and eventually fell into abandonment once again.
This study represents a pioneering history of the Armenian community in Famagusta and a probing analysis of the art and architecture it left behind. It is also a permanent record of the long-term engagement and commitment of Nanyang Technological University Singapore, the World Monuments Fund, and the Famagusta Municipality to protect this precious site, under extremely challenging circumstances.Editors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Armenian Church of Famagusta and the Complexity of Cypriot Heritage
Book Subtitle: Prayers Long Silent
Editors: Michael J.K. Walsh
Series Title: Mediterranean Perspectives
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48502-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-48501-0Published: 09 May 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83956-1Published: 11 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-48502-7Published: 27 April 2017
Series ISSN: 2731-5592
Series E-ISSN: 2731-5606
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 369
Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cultural History, History of Religion, European History