Beyond Famagusta: Cultural Memory and Historical Imagination /

Famagusta has witnessed the rise and fall of empires and dynasties which have left in their wake a rich storytelling legacy. This was a city of extremes, and so while there was certainly political influence, artistic creativity, wealth and piety, there was simultaneously fear, corruption, treachery...

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Main Author: Walsh, Michael J. K. (Author)

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2026.

Series: Art and Material Culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe ; 30.
Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

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505 0 |t Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Introduction: 1571-Aftermath and Aftermyth -- 1 Research in a Digital Age -- 2 A Famagusta Diary: Keeping a Human-in-the-Loop -- 3 Famagusta before the Siege: a Backwards Glance -- 4 Telling, Re-telling and Inventing Famagusta's Story -- 1 Re-writing Famagusta: Myths, Martyrs, and Monarchs -- 1 Case Study: Marcantonio Bragadin -- 2 Case Study: Caterina Cornaro -- 3 Case Study: Richard the Lionheart -- 4 Case Study Four: a Seaport in Cyprus -- 5 Some Concluding Comments -- 2 Famagusta and Imperial Imaginations: Scholars, Artists, and Writers -- 1 A City of Scholars, a "mission civilisatrice", and the "poétique des ruines" -- 2 Famagusta and the British Imagination -- 3 Famagusta's Exiles and Artists -- 1 Kartirchi Janni (Kattirdji Yanni / Katırcı Yanni) -- 2 Mîrzâ Yahya Noûri Soubh-i-Ezèl (Subh-i-Ezel) -- 3 Namık Kemal -- 4 George Polyviou Georghiou -- 5 William Dreghorn -- 6 Concluding Thoughts -- 4 Framing Famagusta: Photographs and Photographers -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Glimpses of Ottoman Famagusta -- 3 John Thomson -- 4 Camille Enlart in British Famagusta -- 5 Theophilus Mogabgab MBE -- 6 Paul Kohl -- 7 Concluding Thoughts -- 5 Filming Famagusta -- 1  Exodus : When Hollywood Came to Famagusta -- 2 Famagusta and Documentary Film -- 3 Famagusta, Cultural Heritage and a New Era for Documentary Film -- 4  The Stones of Famagusta -- 5 Against the Clock: Saving the Endangered Heritage of Famagusta -- 6 The Forty: Saving the Forgotten Frescoes of Famagusta -- 7 Prayers Long Silent: the Armenian Church of Famagusta -- 8 Film as Research -- 9 Film as Heritage -- 6 Famagusta's Hidden Heritage: Out of Sight and into Silence -- 1 The Bare Walls of St. Nicholas Cathedral, Its Decorated Side Chapels and Sacristy -- 2 Famagusta's Underground Churches -- 3 Other Bits and Pieces -- 4 Recovering Historic Sound and Silence -- 7 Famagusta, the Digital Imagination and Memory Editing -- 1 Famagusta's Cultural Heritage in a Digital Context -- Conclusion: Culture, History, Imagination, and rapprochement -- Bibliography -- Index. 
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