Diplomatics in the Eastern Mediterranean 1000-1500: Aspects of Cross-cultural Communication (Medieval Mediterranean) (Medieval Mediterranean: Peoples, Economies and Cultures, 400-1500)

In the politically and militarily complex world of the medieval Eastern Mediterranean people and entities of different ethnic, religious and linguistic backgrounds came into close contact at many different levels, from everyday dealings in the marketplace to high diplomacy between competing states, thus providing scope for fertile cross-cultural interaction and permeation. This collective volume examines aspects of intercultural communication as reflected in Byzantine, Latin and Arabic documentary sources originating from or relating to the Eastern Mediterranean and ranging from the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries. Twenty essays examine a variety of archival sources for the Latin East, explore chancery traditions in the culturally diverse society of Frankish Cyprus, and trace modes of communication and exchange between Byzantium, Islam and the West. Contributors are: Jean Richard, David Jacoby, Benjamin Z. Kedar, Michel Balard, Peter Schreiner, Michel Balivet, Catherine Otten-Froux, Svetlana V. Bliznyuk, Brenda Bolton, Karl Borchardt, Nicholas Coureas, William O. Duba, Charalambos Gasparis, Hubert Houben, Angel Nicolaou-Konnari, Johannes Pahlitzsch, and Kostis Smyrlis. This Volume Examines Aspects Of Intercultural Communication As Reflected In Byzantine, Latin And Arabic Documentary Sources Originating From Or Relating To The Eastern Mediterranean And Ranging From The Eleventh To The Fifteenth Centuries.--book Jacket. Eastern Mediterranean Diplomatics: The Present State Of Research / Alexander D. Beihammer -- Pt. I. Archival Sources For The Latin East -- Multilingualism And Institutional Patterns Of Communication In Latin Romania (thirteenth-fourteenth Centuries) / David Jacoby -- Catastica Feudorum Crete: Land Ownership And Political Changes In Medieval Crete (13th-15th Centuries) / Charalambos Gasparis -- The Status Of The Patriarch Of Constantinople After The Fourth Crusade / William O. Duba -- Antelm The Nasty, First Latin Archbishop Of Patras (1205-ca. 1241) / Chris Schabel -- Intercultural Communication: The Teutonic Knights In Palestine, Armenia, And Cyprus / Hubert Houben -- Documents From The Hospitaller Registers On Rhodes Concerning Cyprus, 1409-l459: Form And Contents / Karl Borchardt -- A Matter Of Great Confusion: King Richard I And Syria's Vetus De Monte / Brenda Bolton -- Pt. Ii. Chancery Traditions In Medieval Cyprus -- Aspects Du Notariat Public A Chypre Sous Les Lusignan / Jean Richard -- The Structure And Content Of The Notarial Deeds Of Lamberto Di Sambuceto And Giovanni Da Rocha, 1296-1310 / Nicholas Coureas -- La Massaria Genoise De Famagouste / Michel Balard -- La Registre De La Curia Du Capitaine Genois De Famagouste Au Milieu Du Xv[superscript E] Siecle: Une Source Pour L'etude D'une Societe Multiculturelle / Catherine Otten-froux -- Diplomatic Relations Between Cyprus And Genoa In The Light Of The Genoese Juridical Documents: Asg, Diversorum Communis Ianue, 1375-1480 / Svetlana V. Bliznyuk -- Diplomatics And Historiography: The Use Of Documents In The Chronicle Of Leontios Makhairas / Angel Nicolaou-konnari -- Pt. Iii. Diplomatics And Diplomacy Among Byzantium, Islam And The West -- The First Ottoman Occupation Of Macedonia (ca. 1383-ca. 1403): Some Remarks On Land Ownership, Property Transactions And Justice / Kostis Smyrlis -- Intercultural Exchange In The Field Of Material Culture In The Eastern Mediterranean: The Evidence Of Byzantine Legal Documents (11th To 15th Centuries) / Mana G. Parani -- Documents On Intercultural Communication In Mamluk Jerusalem: The Georgians Under Sultan An-nasir Hasan In 759 (1358) / Johannes Pahlitzsch -- Das Vergessene Zypern? Das Byzantinische Reich Und Zypern Unter Den Lusignan / Peter Schreiner -- Religion In Catholic-muslim Correspondence And Treaties / Benjamin Z. Kedar -- Elites Byzantines, Latines Et Musulmanes: Quelques Exemples De Diplomatic Personnalisee (xc-xv Siecles) / Michel Balivet. Edited By Alexander D. Beihammer, Maria G. Parani And Christopher D. Schnabel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Fifteen Papers In English, 4 In French, And 1 In German. Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations List of Contributors Eastern Mediterranean Diplomatics: The Present State of Research (Alexander D. Beihammer) PART I ARCHIVAL SOURCES FOR THE LATIN EAST Multilingualism and Institutional Patterns of Communication in Latin Romania (Thirteenth–Fourteenth Centuries) (David Jacoby) Catastica Feudorum Crete: Land Ownership and Political Changes in Medieval Crete (13th–15th Centuries) (Charalambos Gasparis) The Status of the Patriarch of Constantinople after the Fourth Crusade (William O. Duba) Antelm the Nasty, First Latin Archbishop of Patras (1205–ca. 1241) (Chris Schabel) Intercultural Communication: The Teutonic Knights in Palestine, Armenia, and Cyprus (Hubert Houben) Documents from the Hospitaller Registers on Rhodes Concerning Cyprus, 1409–1459: Form and Contents (Karl Borchardt) A Matter of Great Confusion: King Richard I and Syria's Vetus de Monte (Brenda Bolton) PART II CHANCERY TRADITIONS IN MEDIEVAL CYPRUS Aspects du notariat public à Chypre sous les Lusignan (Jean Richard) The Structure and Content of the Notarial Deeds of Lamberto di Sambuceto and Giovanni da Rocha, 1296–1310 (Nicholas Coureas) La Massaria génoise de Famagouste (Michel Balard) La registre de la curia du capitaine génois de Famagouste au milieu du XVe siècle: une source pour l'étude d'une société multiculturelle (Catherine Otten-Froux) Diplomatic Relations between Cyprus and Genoa in the Light of the Genoese Juridical Documents: ASG, Diversorum Communis Ianue, 1375–1480 (Svetlana V. Bliznyuk) Diplomatics and Historiography: The Use of Documents in the Chronicle of Leontios Makhairas (Angel Nicolaou-Konnari) PART III DIPLOMATICS AND DIPLOMACY AMONG BYZANTIUM, ISLAM AND THE WEST The First Ottoman Occupation of Macedonia (ca. 1383–ca. 1403): Some Remarks on Land Ownership, Property Transactions and Justice (Kostis Smyrlis) Intercultural Exchange in the Field of Material Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean: The Evidence of Byzantine Legal Documents (11th to 15th Centuries) (Maria G. Parani) Documents on Intercultural Communication in Mamluk Jerusalem: The Georgians under Sultan an-Nssir Hasan in 759 (1358) (Johannes Pahlitzsch) Das vergessene Zypern? Das byzantinische Reich und Zypern unter den Lusignan (Peter Schreiner) Religion in Catholic-Muslim Correspondence and Treaties (Benjamin Z. Kedar) Élites byzantines, latines et musulmanes: Quelques exemples de diplomatie personnalisée (Xe–XVe siècles) (Michel Balivet) Index Nominum et Locorum A significant contribution to the study of cross-cultural communication and accommodation in the ethnically, religiously and linguistically diverse world of the medieval Eastern Mediterranean as reflected in Byzantine, Latin and Islamic archival sources and chancery traditions."