Lemesos
Subtitle: a history of Limassol in Cyprus from antiquity to the Ottoman conquest
By: edited by Angel Nicolaou-Konnari and Chris Schabel
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 628
ISBN-13: 9781443875615
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: History
Other titles: History of Limassol in Cyprus from antiquity to the Ottoman conquest
Description: "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."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Amathus, Capital of the Kingdom and City-State / Antoine Hermary; title: Limassol in Antiquity: From Its Origins to the End of the Roman Period / Laurence Alpe; title: Neapolis/Nemesos/Limassol: The Rise of a Byzantine Settlement from Late Antiquity to the Time of the Crusades / Tassos Papacostas; title: From Nemesos to Lemesos/Limassol: Note on a Toponymic Puzzle / Angel Nicolaou-Konnari; title: Limassol under Latin Rule / Angel Nicolaou-Konnari and Chris Schabel; title: Rummaging through Ruins: Architecture in Limassol in the Lusignan and Venetian Periods / Michalis Olympios; title: Conclusion.