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Wolff, R. L.; Hazard, H. W. (ed.) / The later Crusades, 1189-1311
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XVII: The Kingdom of Cyprus, 1191-1291, pp. 599-629
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XVII THE KINGDOM OF CYPRUS 1191—1291 rom the moment when Richard the Lionhearted arrived with his fleet off Limassol on May 6, 1 1 91, the island of Cyprus was destined to take an increasingly large place in crusading history. For an almost exhaustive bibliography, see Sir George Hill, A History of Cyprus (4 vols., Cambridge, 1940—1952; vol. IV edited by Sir Harry Luke), II, xiii—xl, with a commentary on the sources, III, 1143—1155. Cf. reviews of Hill's work by J. L. LaMonte in Speculum, XXIII (1948), 704—706, and by V. Laurent in Revue des etudes byzantines, VI (1948), 269— 272. Besides Hill, see: J. L. LaMonte, "Chronology of the Latin Orient," Bulletin of the International Committee of Historical Sciences, XII (Paris, 1942—1943), 14 t—zoz; V. Laurent, "Les Fastes épiscopaux de l'église de Chypre," Revue des etudes byzantines, VI (1948), 153166; idem, "La Succession épiscopale des derniers archev&ques grecs de Chypre, de Jean le Cr6tois (1152) a Germain Pésimandros (1260)," ibid., VII 33-41; J. Darrouzès, "Eveques inconnus ou peu connus de Chypre," Byzantinische Zeitschrift, XLIV (1951), 97—104 (mostly from fourteenth century and later); J. Richard, "Pairie d'orient latin: Les Quatre baronies des royaumes de Jerusalem et de Chypre," Revue historique de droit francais et etranger, XXVIII (1950), 67—88; idem, "Nouveaux documents des archives italiennes concernants l'orient latin," Procès-verbaux de l'Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres (Paris, 1948), pp. 258—265; and J. P. Donovan, Pelagius and the Fjfth Crusade (Philadelphia, 1950). Among earlier authorities cited by Hill, the following are of special value for this period in addition to the general sources for the history of the crusades: Les Gestes des Chiprois; Recueil de chroniquesfrancaises écrites en orient aux Xiiie et xive siècles (Philippe de Novare et Gerard de Monréal) (ed. G. Raynaud, Société de l'orient latin, Geneva, 1887; and another edition, RHC, Arm., II, 651—872); Philip of Novara, Memoires, 1218—1243 (ed. Ch. Kohler, Les Classiques francais du moyen-âge, X, Paris, 1913) (the central portion of the Gestes des Chiprois); Philip of Novara, The Wars of Frederick II against the Ibelins in Syria and Cyprus (tr. and ed. J. L. LaMonte, with verse translation of the poems by M. J. Hubert, Records of Civilization, XXV, New York, 1936); Louis de Mas Latrie, Histoire de l'tle de Chypre sous le règne des princes de la maison de Lusignan (3 vols., Paris, 1852-1861); Leontios Makhairas, Recital concerning the Sweet Land of Cyprus, entitled "Chronicle" (ed. and tr. R. M. Dawkins, 2 vols., Oxford, 1932); Francesco Amadi, Chroniques d'Amadi et de Strambaldi (ed. R. de Mas Latrie, Collection de documents inédits sur l'histoire de France, Paris, 1891); Estienne de Lusignan, Description de toute l'isle de Cypre et des roys, princes, et seigneurs . . . iusques en l'an . . . mil cinq cens soizante et douze (Paris, 1580); Excerpta Cypria, Materials for a History of Cyprus (tr. C. D. Cobham, Cambridge, 1908); J. L. LaMonte, "A Register of the Cartulary of the Cathedral of Santa Sophia of Nicosia," Byzantion, V (1929—1930), 43 9—522; and J. Delaville le Roulx, Cartulaire general de l'ordre des hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jerusalem (1100—1310) (4 vols., Paris, 1894—1906). For modern works, in addition to Mas Latrie's and Hill's histories cited above, see: N. Iorga, France de Chypre (Paris, 1931) (interesting viewpoints, though many inaccuracies); J. Hackett, A History of the Orthodox Church in Cyprus (London, 1901; Greek translation by C. I. Papaioannou, 3 vols., Athens and Peiraeus, 1923—1927); Sir Ronald Storrs, A Chronology of Cyprus (Nicosia, 1930) (useful, though a few inaccuracies); M. Grandclaude, Etude critique sur les livres des Assises de Jerusalem (Paris, 1 923); C. Enlart, L'Artgothique et de la renaissance en Chypre (a vols., Paris, 1899); and G. Jeffery, A Description of the Historic Monuments of Cyprus (Nicosia, 1918). 599
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