Hunting in Lusignan and Venetian Cyprus (1192-1570)

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Published: Apr 12, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/syn.16246
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Hunting Cyprus Lusignan Period Venetian Cyprus
Nicholas Coureas
Cyprus Research Center
Abstract

This paper describes hunting on Lusignan and Venetian Cyprus. The sources are legal texts, chronicle accounts and even glazed pottery. The information imparted concerns chiefly the Latin nobility but also other social classes and ethnic groups. Hunting practices were directly influenced by countries and civilisations to the east and west of Cyprus, especially the Mamluk sultanate and the medieval west. Furthermore, in Venetian Cyprus hunting influenced international diplomacy. Falcons reared on Cyprus were granted to Christian and Muslim rulers whom Venice wished to favour.

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Author Biography
Nicholas Coureas, Cyprus Research Center
Nicholas Coureas works as a Senior Researcher at the Cyprus Research Centre in Nicosia on the history of Lusignan Cyprus (1191-1473). He has published various articles and books on this subject, including the monograph The Latin Church in Cyprus 1195-1312(1997), its sequel The Latin Church of Cyprus 1313-1378 (2010) and with Michael Walsh and Peter Edbury the conference proceedings Medieval and Renaissance Famagusta (2012). In 2015 he published together with Professor Peter Edbury, The Chronicle of Amadi, translated from the Italian as a book for the Cyprus Research Centre. 
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