The Kingdom of Cyprus and the Crusades, 11911374
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 26, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780521458375
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; European history: c 500 to c 1500; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History: World; History; History - General History; ASIA; Cyprus; Europe - General; Medieval; Middle East - General; History / Europe / General; History / Middle East; History-Europe - General; History-Medieval
First sentence: FOR 380 years, from its conquest by King Richard I of England in May 1191 until the fall of Famagusta to the Turks in August 1571, Cyprus lay within the orbit of western European expansionism.