Politics, Art and Cultural Interaction in the Medieval Mediterranean: The Relations Between Mystras (Mistra) and Cyprus in the 14th and 15th Centuries

Özge Bozkurtoğlu

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Politics, Art and Cultural Interaction in the Medieval Mediterranean: The Relations Between Mystras (Mistra) and Cyprus in the 14th and 15th Centuries

Yazarlar:

Özge Bozkurtoğlu

Yayıncı:

Akdeniz University

Ana Başlıklar:

Ortaçağ Avrupa Tarihi | Ortaçağ Kentleri

Dergi:

Cedrus Vol.11, pp.409-428

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001292254

pISSN:

2147-8058

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Özet:

 The Crusades which were launched at the end of the 11th century resulted in a new political diversity in the Mediterranean. Cyprus was captured by Richard I, the king of England. In 1192, he sold the island to Guy of Lusignan who had lost his throne in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. This resulted in the establishment of a Frankish Kingdom which would last nearly three hundred years. However, the states founded in Greece after the Fourth Crusade were less stable political entities. Mystras Mistra was founded as a Frankish settlement in 1249 under the Principality of Achaea, which was the longest lasting of these. The city captured by Michael VIII Palaiologos in 1261 maintained its importance as a cultural and intellectual center, as the capital of the despotate of Morea from the second half of the 14th century. This article concentrates on Isabelle de Lusignan, the wife of Manuel Kantakouzenos, the first despot of the despotate of Morea and Queen Helena Palaiologina, the wife of King John II of Cyprus. The article examines the relations between Mystras and Cyprus in the 14th and 15th centuries and the socio-cultural connotations of these relations through the deeds of these two influential women of the period who had organic relations with both regions.

 The Crusades which were launched at the end of the 11th century resulted in a new political diversity in the Mediterranean. Cyprus was captured by Richard I, the king of England. In 1192, he sold the island to Guy of Lusignan who had lost his throne in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. This resulted in the establishment of a Frankish Kingdom which would last nearly three hundred years. However, the states founded in Greece after the Fourth Crusade were less stable political entities. Mystras Mistra was founded as a Frankish settlement in 1249 under the Principality of Achaea, which was the longest lasting of these. The city captured by Michael VIII Palaiologos in 1261 maintained its importance as a cultural and intellectual center, as the capital of the despotate of Morea from the second half of the 14th century. This article concentrates on Isabelle de Lusignan, the wife of Manuel Kantakouzenos, the first despot of the despotate of Morea and Queen Helena Palaiologina, the wife of King John II of Cyprus. The article examines the relations between Mystras and Cyprus in the 14th and 15th centuries and the socio-cultural connotations of these relations through the deeds of these two influential women of the period who had organic relations with both regions.

 The Crusades which were launched at the end of the 11th century resulted in a new political diversity in the Mediterranean. Cyprus was captured by Richard I, the king of England. In 1192, he sold the island to Guy of Lusignan who had lost his throne in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. This resulted in the establishment of a Frankish Kingdom which would last nearly three hundred years. However, the states founded in Greece after the Fourth Crusade were less stable political entities. Mystras Mistra was founded as a Frankish settlement in 1249 under the Principality of Achaea, which was the longest lasting of these. The city captured by Michael VIII Palaiologos in 1261 maintained its importance as a cultural and intellectual center, as the capital of the despotate of Morea from the second half of the 14th century. This article concentrates on Isabelle de Lusignan, the wife of Manuel Kantakouzenos, the first despot of the despotate of Morea and Queen Helena Palaiologina, the wife of King John II of Cyprus. The article examines the relations between Mystras and Cyprus in the 14th and 15th centuries and the socio-cultural connotations of these relations through the deeds of these two influential women of the period who had organic relations with both regions.

 11. yüzyılın sonunda başlayan Haçlı Seferleri Akdenizde yeni bir siyasi çeşitliliğe yol açtı. Kıbrıs, III. Haçlı Seferi yolculuğu sırasında İngiltere Kralı I. Richard tarafından ele geçirildi. Kudüs tahtını kaybeden Guy de Lusignana satılan Kıbrısta 1192 yılından itibaren yaklaşık üç yüzyıl sürecek bir Frank Krallığı kuruldu. IV. Haçlı Seferinin ardından Yunanistanda kurulan devletler ise çok daha istikrarsız ve değişken siyasi teşekküllerdi. Mystras Mistra bunlar arasında en uzun ömürlü olan Akhaia Prinkepsliği çatısı altında bir Frank yerleşimi olarak 1249 yılında kuruldu. VIII. Mikhail Palaiologos tarafından 1261 yılında ele geçirilen kent 14. yüzyılın ikinci yarısından sonra despotluk hâline gelen Moranın başkenti olarak imparatorluğun son zamanlarına kadar kültürel ve entelektüel bir merkez olarak önemini korudu. Bu çalışma Bizans Mora Despotluğunun ilk despotu Manuel Kantakouzenosun eşi Isabelle de Lusignan ve Kıbrıs Kralı II. Johnun eşi Kraliçe Helena Palaiologinayı merkeze almaktadır. Her iki bölge ile organik bağları olan dönemin bu etkili kadınları üzerinden 14. ve 15. yüzyıllarda Kıbrıs ve Mystras arasındaki ilişkiler ile bunların sosyo-kültürel yansımaları incelenmektedir.

Makale detayları

Politics, Art and Cultural Interaction in the Medieval Mediterranean: The Relations Between Mystras (Mistra) and Cyprus in the 14th and 15th Centuries

Yazarlar:

Özge Bozkurtoğlu

Yayıncı:

Akdeniz University

Ana Başlıklar:

Ortaçağ Avrupa Tarihi | Ortaçağ Kentleri

Dergi:

Cedrus Vol.11, pp.409-428

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001292254

pISSN:

2147-8058

Isabelle de Lusignan

Mystras (Mistra)

Helena Palaiologina

The Lusignan Kingdom of CyprusIsabelle de Lusignan

Mystras (Mistra)

Helena Palaiologina

Kıbrıs Lusignan Krallığı

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Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Özge Bozkurtoğlu

Yayıncı: Akdeniz University

Ana Başlıklar: Ortaçağ Avrupa Tarihi | Ortaçağ Kentleri

Dergi: Cedrus Vol.11, pp.409-428

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 6/2023

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001292254

pISSN: 2147-8058

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Özge Bozkurtoğlu

Yayıncı:

Akdeniz University

Ana Başlıklar:

Ortaçağ Avrupa Tarihi | Ortaçağ Kentleri

Dergi:

Cedrus Vol.11, pp.409-428

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001292254

pISSN:

2147-8058