2022
9th Annual Cyprus Conference
on Medieval, Renaissance
and Early Modern Studies
Academic Organising Committee: Dr Stella Achilleos (University of Cyprus); Dr Jane Chick (University of East Anglia, UK); Prof. James Fitzmaurice (Northern Arizona University, USA/Univerity of Sheffield, UK); Prof. Lisa Hopkins (Sheffield Hallam University, UK); Dr Sarah James (University of Kent, UK); Dr Richard Maguire (University of East Anglia, UK); Dr Michael Paraskos FRSA (City and Guilds of London Art School and Imperial College London, UK); Dr Laurence Publicover (University of Bristol, UK)
Academic Board: As above, plus: ; Dr Nicholas Coureas (Cyprus Research Centre, Cyprus); Dr Rita Severis (CVAR, Cyprus); Prof. Astrid Swenson (Bath Spa University, UK); and, Dr Violetta Trofimova (St Petersburg University, Russia)
General Co-ordinator: Dr Michael Paraskos FRSA (Imperial College London, UK)
Othello's Island 2022
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Othello's Island 2015
at the Severis Foundation • Nicosia • Cyprus
Speaker: Dr. Nicolas Coureas (Cyprus Research Institute)
Title: "A not so Aristocratic Pursuit: Hunting in Lusignan and
Venetian Cyprus (1192-1570)"
Abstract:
This paper aims to describe and discuss the practice of hunting on the island of Cyprus during the Lusignan and Venetian periods of its history. The sources for hunting are varied, from legal texts and chronicle accounts to glazed pottery, and while the information they impart concerns chiefly the Latin nobility it is clear that other social classes and ethnic groups also participated in hunting. Hunting practices and related issues like the rearing and exportation of falcons were directly influenced by countries and civilizations to the east and west of Cyprus, especially the Mamluk sultanate and the medieval west. Furthermore, other than the dimension of recreation hunting played a role, during the Venetian period, in the exercise of international diplomacy, with falcons reared on Cyprus, especially in the Limassol district, to be given as gifts to both Christian and Muslim rulers whom Venice wished to please or at least placate.
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