City of empires Ottoman and British Famagusta /
edited by Michael J.K. Walsh.
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource (xxii, 196 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates)
This volume of essays is a result of the conference "Historic Famagusta: a millenium in words and images" held in October 2012 at the Central European University, Budapest.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : Into the silent centuries / Famagusta in early Ottoman sources / The re-enactment of the Siege of Famagusta at the Ottoman Imperial Circumcision Festival of 1582 : a performance that never was? / Gascoigne's device for a masque : an anglicized "true report" of the Siege of Famagusta / Corsair tactics and lofty ideals : the 1607 Tuscan raid on Cyprus / Imports from Istanbul : Ottoman exiles to Famagusta and their tombs / The transformation of Famagusta after the Siege in 1571 / Charles Diehl and Famagusta : from the discovery of the city to the Theatre Critic / Famagusta during the Great War : from backwater to bustling / Detainees in British Famagusta : refugees and ships / Bertram John Weston and the Emergency in Famagusta (1955-1959) / Recent preservation initiatives for the fortifications of Famagusta / Famagusta, Cyprus : a future outside the World Heritage Club / "A silent witness" : seismic activity and the structural integrity of Saint Nicholas' Cathedral, Famagusta, Cyprus : some recent investigations / The conservation of a wall painting representing the Forty Martyrs of Sebasteon the south wall of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Famagusta / Michael J.K. Walsh -- Vera Costantini -- Tamás Kiss -- William Spates -- Marios Hadjianastasis -- Ünver Rüstem -- Ege Uluca Tümer -- Lucie Bonato -- Andrekos Varnava -- Danny Goldman -- Jan Asmussen -- Hülya Yüceer -- Carlos Jaramillo -- Zehra Çağnan and Michael J.K. Walsh -- Werner Matthias Schmid.