More than a Church: Late Antique Ecclesiastical Complexes in Cyprus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook More than a Church: Late Antique Ecclesiastical Complexes in Cyprus write by Catherine T. Keane. This book was released on 2024-06-20. More than a Church: Late Antique Ecclesiastical Complexes in Cyprus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The church annexes of late antique Cyprus were bustling places of industry, producing olive oil, flour, bread, ceramics, and metal products. From its earliest centuries, the church was an economic player, participating in agricultural and artisanal production. More than a Church brings together architecture, ceramics, numismatics, landscape archaeology, and unpublished excavation material, alongside consideration of Cyprus’s dynamic and prosperous 4th–10th-century history. Keane offers a rich picture of the association between sacred buildings and agricultural and industrial facilities—comprehensively presenting, for the first time, the church’s economic role and impact in late antique Cyprus.
Cyprus between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (ca. 600–800)
Cyprus between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (ca. 600–800) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cyprus between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (ca. 600–800) write by Luca Zavagno. This book was released on 2017-05-18. Cyprus between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (ca. 600–800) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Research on early medieval Cyprus has focused on the late antique "golden age" (late fourth/early fifth to seventh century) and the so-called Byzantine "Reconquista" (post-AD 965) while overlooking the intervening period. This phase was characterized, supposedly, by the division of the political sovereignty between the Umayyads and the Byzantines, bringing about the social and demographic dislocation of the population of the island. This book proposes a different story of continuities and slow transformations in the fate of Cyprus between the late sixth and the early ninth centuries. Analysis of new archaeological evidence shows signs of a continuing link to Constantinople. Moreover, together with a reassessment of the literary evidence, archaeology and material culture help us to reappraise the impact of Arab naval raids and contextualize the confrontational episodes throughout the ebb and flow of Eastern Mediterranean history: the political influence of the Caliphate looked stronger in the second half of the seventh century, the administrative and ecclesiastical influence of the Byzantine empire was held sway from the beginning of the eighth to the twelfth century. Whereas the island retained sound commercial ties with the Umayyad Levant in the seventh and eighth centuries, at the same time politically and economically it remained part of the Byzantine sphere. This belies the idea of Cyprus as an independent province only loosely tied to Constantinople and allows us to draw a different picture of the cultural identities, political practices and hierarchy of wealth and power in Cyprus during the passage from Late Antiquity to the early Middle Ages.
Dress and Personal Appearance in Late Antiquity
Dress and Personal Appearance in Late Antiquity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dress and Personal Appearance in Late Antiquity write by Faith Pennick Morgan. This book was released on 2018-01-22. Dress and Personal Appearance in Late Antiquity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines the dress and personal appearance of members of the middle and lower classes in the eastern Mediterranean region during the 4th to 8th centuries. Written, art historical and archaeological evidence is assessed with a view to understanding the way that cloth and clothing was made, embellished, cared for and recycled during this period. Beginning with an overview of current research on Roman dress, the book looks in detail at the use of apotropaic and amuletic symbols and devices on clothing before examining sewing and making methods, the textile industry and the second-hand clothing trade. The final chapter includes detailed information on the making and modelling of exact replicas based on extant garments.
Lemesos
Lemesos - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lemesos write by Angel Nicolaou Konnari. This book was released on 2015-10-13. Lemesos available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume is the first scholarly work in English examining the history of the town and district of Limassol in Cyprus from antiquity to the 1570/1 Ottoman conquest of the island. Based on original research and adopting a multidisciplinary approach, six established scholars study Limassol’s political, social, and economic history, as well as its artistic and cultural contribution in ancient, Byzantine, Frankish, and Venetian times. A second volume will explore the history of Limassol up to 1960.
Cyprus in the Long Late Antiquity
Cyprus in the Long Late Antiquity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cyprus in the Long Late Antiquity write by Panayiotis Panayides. This book was released on 2023-02-28. Cyprus in the Long Late Antiquity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Cyprus was a thriving and densely populated late antique province. Contrary to what used to be thought, the Arab raids of the mid-seventh century did not abruptly bring the island’s prosperity to an end. Recent research instead highlights long-lasting continuity in both urban and rural contexts. This volume brings together historians and archaeologists working on diverse aspects of Cyprus between the sixth and eighth centuries. They discuss topics as varied as rural prosperity, urban endurance, artisanal production, civic and private religion and maritime connectivity. The role of the imperial administration and of the Church is touched upon in several contributions. Other articles place Cyprus back into its wider Mediterranean context. Together, they produce a comprehensive impression of the quality of life on the island in the long late antiquity.
