The Harbour of All This Sea and Realm

Tamás Kiss holds an MPhil degree in English and Drama from Queen Mary University (London), an MA in English from EL TE (Budapest), an MA in Turkish and Ottoman Studies from EL TE, and is currently a doctoral candidate at Central European University's Medieval Studies Department in Budapest as well as a New Europe College Fellow in Bucharest. Nicholas S.H. Coureas studied ancient and medieval history at the University of London and currently works as a Senior Researcher at the Cyprus Research Centre in Nicosia, Cyprus.

The Harbour of All This Sea and Realm offers an overview of Famagustas Lusignan, Genoese and Venetian history. The essays contribute to the understanding of the citys social and administrative structure, as well as of its architectural and art historical heritage in the period from the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries. The two themes of Famagustas

Introduction Section One: History 1. Nicosia and Famagusta during the Frankish Period (1192-1474): Two Capitals for One Kingdom? 2. Bishop Stephen de Mezel of Famagusta and his Time (1244-1259) 3.Refugees from Acre in Famagusta around 1300 3. Apprentice Artisans and Craftsmen in Famagusta in the notarial deeds of Lamberto di Sambuceto and Giovanni da Rocha, 1296-1310 4. The Mercenaries of Genoese Famagusta in the Fifteenth Century 5. Maritime Trade in Famagusta during the Venetian Period (1474-1571) Section Two: Material Culture 1. Made in Cyprus? - Fourteenth Century Mamluk Metal Ware for the West: The Question of Provenance 2. Crusader Ideology, Propaganda and the Art of the Carmelite Church in Fourteenth Century Famagusta 3.Identity Markers in the Art of Fourteenth Century Famagusta 4. Pillars and Punishment: Spolia and Colonial Authority in Venetian Famagusta 5. Harmonizing the Sources: An Insight into the Appearance of the Saint Georgios Complex at Various Stages of its Building History