Castles Of The Morea Revised Edition

Author : Kevin Andrews
Publisher : ASCSA
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780876614068

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Castles of the Morea by Kevin Andrews Pdf

First published in 1953, this book presents a description of 16 of the larger medieval fortresses in the Peloponnese, occupied by the Venetians between 1685 and 1715. It is also a beautifully written celebration of some of Greece's most striking, but also least studied, architectural monuments, inspired by a unique collection of 17th-century fortification plans (the Grimani codex) preserved in the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. The author first saw the plans in 1948 and devoted the next four years of his life to a historical and archaeological investigation of the castles they depicted. At a time when most of the students at the American School were studying the classics, his interest in later Greek history was pioneering. He not only searched out hundreds of obscure documentary sources but also made a point of visiting, and personally describing and photographing, every castle. This was not an easy thing to do at the tail end of the Greek Civil War. The final publication was an instant classic, marked out by its evocative prose and Andrews's obvious fascination with the subject. The book has been long out of print. This new edition presents Andrews's original text with a new introduction which sets the work in context and discusses some of the developments in Greek castle studies since the 1950s. The Grimani maps, originally printed only in black and white, are now presented in their original colors.

Author : Kevin Andrews
Publisher : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781621390282

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Castles of the Morea (revised edition) by Kevin Andrews Pdf

First published in 1953, this book presents a description of 16 of the larger medieval fortresses in the Peloponnese, occupied by the Venetians between 1685 and 1715. It is also a beautifully written celebration of some of Greece's most striking, but also least studied, architectural monuments, inspired by a unique collection of 17th-century fortification plans (the Grimani codex) preserved in the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. The author first saw the plans in 1948 and devoted the next four years of his life to a historical and archaeological investigation of the castles they depicted. At a time when most of the students at the American School were studying the classics, his interest in later Greek history was pioneering. He not only searched out hundreds of obscure documentary sources but also made a point of visiting, and personally describing and photographing, every castle. This was not an easy thing to do at the tail end of the Greek Civil War. The final publication was an instant classic, marked out by its evocative prose and Andrews's obvious fascination with the subject. The book has been long out of print. This new edition presents Andrews's original text with a new introduction which sets the work in context and discusses some of the developments in Greek castle studies since the 1950s. The Grimani maps, originally printed only in black and white, are now presented in their original colors.

Author : Kevin Andrews
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:458474577

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Castles of the Morea, by Kevin Andrews by Kevin Andrews Pdf

Author : Mark Fissel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110661415

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The Military Revolution and Revolutions in Military Affairs by Mark Fissel Pdf

The Military Revolution and Revolutions in Military Affairs updates two central debates in military history--the one surrounding the concept of military revolution, and the one on military affairs--whilst advancing original research in both fields. Only a handful of publications consider the military revolution and the RMA in tandem. This book breaks new ground conceptually and appeals to an exceptionally large and diverse readership. Comparative revisionist studies of the military revolution and RMA better enable us to comprehend the historical continuum and reveal the new RMA for what it is. And for what it is shortly to become. This book presents original contributions within the "epicentre" of the military revolution debate, the 1500s, with an emphasis on gunpowder revolution (offensively and defensively). The connections with the Revolution in Military Affairs are then made explicit by scholars, a practitioner, and an analyst, with an emphasis on airborne lethal autonomous weapons systems. This is a chronologically broad and unique methodological approach to a historical debate that begs for clarification as we enter an era where killer robots will almost certainly take from humans their monopoly on violence.

Author : Inge Lyse Hansen,Richard Hodges,Sarah Leppard
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781842174623

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Butrint 4 by Inge Lyse Hansen,Richard Hodges,Sarah Leppard Pdf

This richly illustrated volume discusses the histories of the port city of Butrint, and its intimate connection to the wider conditions of the Adriatic. In so doing it is a reading, and re-reading, of the site that adds significantly to the study of Mediterranean urban history over the longue durée . Firstly, the book proposes a new paradigm for the development-history of Butrint - based on discussions of the latest archaeological, historical and landscape studies from approximately 20 new excavations and surveys, together covering a temporal arch from prehistory to the early modern period. Secondly, it examines how the perception of the city influenced the archaeological methodology of 20th-century studies of the site, where iteration and reversal were often being applied in equal measure. In this it asks important questions on the management of heritage sites and the contemporary role of archaeological practise. Inge Lyse Hansen is Adjunct Professor of Art History at John Cabot University and specialises in the visual and material culture of the Roman world. She has published on portraiture, funerary art and the use of role models and patronage and has edited several archaeological volumes. Richard Hodges is Scientific Director of the Butrint Foundation, a leading medieval archaeologist and the author of more than 20 books. Sarah Leppard has led or participated in more than 15 excavations in eight countries and has managed major excavations at Butrint.

Author : Leicester Stanhope Earl of Harrington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1825
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019657463

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Greece in 1823 and 1824 ... A new edition, containing numerous supplementary papers, illustrative of the state of Greece in 1825 ... To which are added reminiscences of Lord Byron. by Leicester Stanhope Earl of Harrington Pdf

Author : Emanuel Buttigieg,Simon Phillips
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317111979

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Islands and Military Orders, c.1291-c.1798 by Emanuel Buttigieg,Simon Phillips Pdf

At the heart of this volume is a concern with exploring levels of interaction between two particular objects of study, islands on the one hand, and military orders on the other. According to Fernand Braudel, islands are, ’often brutally’, caught ’between the two opposite poles of archaism and innovation.’ What happened when these particular environments interacted with the Military Orders? The various contributions in this volume address this question from a variety of angles. 1291 was a significant year for the main military orders: uprooted from their foundations in the Holy Land, they took refuge on Cyprus and in the following years found themselves vulnerable to those who questioned the validity of their continued existence. The Teutonic Order negated this by successfully transferring their headquarters to Prussia; the Knights Templar, however, faced suppression. Meanwhile, the Knights Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes assured both their survival and independence. Islands are often, by definition, seen to be embodiments of 'insularity', of an effort to be separate, distinct, cut-off. Military Orders are, conversely, international in scope, nature and personnel, the 'first international orders of the Church', as they have often been described. Therein lies the crux of the matter: how did insular outposts and international institutions come together to forge distinct and often successful experiments? Hospitaller Rhodes and Malta still impress with their magnificent architectural heritage, but their success went beyond stone and mortar and the story of islands and military orders, as will be clearly shown in this volume, also goes beyond these two small islands. The interaction between the two levels - insulation and internationalisation - and the interstices therein, created spaces conducive to both dynamism and stability as military orders and islands adapted to each other's demands, limitations and opportunities.

Author : Sophē N.- Papageōrgiou
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Corinth (Greece)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105221416816

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Travelers and Artistis in Corinth, 12th-19th Centuries by Sophē N.- Papageōrgiou Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004284104

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A Companion to Latin Greece by Anonim Pdf

The Companion to Latin Greece offers an overview of the history of the Latin states that were founded on former lands of the Byzantine Empire following the conquest of Byzantium by the armies of the Fourth Crusade.

Author : Kevin Andrews
Publisher : Paul Dry Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781589882614

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The Flight of Ikaros by Kevin Andrews Pdf

"One of the great and lasting books about Greece."—Patrick Leigh Fermor "An intense and compelling account of an educated, sensitive archaeologist wandering the back country during the civil war. Half a century on, still one of the best books on Greece as it was before 'development.'"—The Rough Guide to the Greek Islands "He also is in love with the country…but he sees the other side of that dazzling medal or moon…If you want some truth about Greece, here it is."—Louis MacNeice, The Observer "One of the best and most honest books about the modern Greeks."—E. R. Dodds "Kevin Andrews experienced the dangers of the countryside during the civil war. The Flight of Ikaros, the book he produced from his travels, remains not only one of the greatest we have about postwar Greece—memorializing a village culture that has almost vanished—but also one of the most moving accounts I have ever read of people caught up in political turmoil…Flightwas first published in 1959 and last reprinted by Penguin in 1984. For too many years, this rare account has languished out of print."—Wall Street Journal In 1947, at the age of twenty-three, Kevin Andrews received a Fulbright Fellowship to study medieval fortresses in the Peloponnese. Andrews spent the long summers of 1948 to 1951 traveling through the region and the winters writing in Athens. This opportunity to travel through little-frequented areas during Greece’s postwar civil war—and before the advent of tourism, industrialization, or easy communications—brought Andrews into immediate contact with village populations, shepherd clans, and the paramilitary vigilantes who kept their own kind of order in the provinces, as well as with the displaced peasants of the Athenian slums. The close experience of all these lives took shape in The Flight of Ikaros, first published in 1959. Paul Dry Books is pleased to return to print this modern travel classic.

Author : Heath W. Lowry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Architecture, Ottoman
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133115928

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Ottoman Architecture in Greece by Heath W. Lowry Pdf

Author : David Nicolle
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472803818

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Crusader Castles in Cyprus, Greece and the Aegean 1191–1571 by David Nicolle Pdf

The castles built by the Crusaders, Hospitallers, Venetians and Genoese in Cyprus, Greece, the Aegean, and on the Black Sea served to defend against a complex array of constantly changing threats: Mamluks, Catalan mercenaries, Ottoman Turks, Byzantines, independent Islamic states, Timur-i-Lenk, and widespread piracy, to name but few. The resulting fortifications some inherited from conquered the territories of the former Byzantine empire, some built from scratch were very different to those found in the Middle East. This superbly illustrated book explores their design, development and fate in detail, documenting the rich architectural heritage of this region and its complex history.

Author : Vereeniging Antieke Beschaving (Netherlands)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Art, Greek
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131939196

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Babesch by Vereeniging Antieke Beschaving (Netherlands) Pdf

Author : Kenneth Meyer Setton
Publisher : American Philosophical Society
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Crusades
ISBN : 0871691140

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The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571: The thirteenth and fourteenth centuries by Kenneth Meyer Setton Pdf

Author : Eric Pinzelli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-25
Category : History
ISBN : 2959176200

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VENETIAN AND OTTOMAN CASTLES OF THE PELOPONNESE (13th-19th CENTURIES) by Eric Pinzelli Pdf

Richly illustrated monograph (250 figures, 12 maps) showcasing castles and fortified towns of the Peloponnese garrisoned up to period of the Greek War of Independence (1820s). These castles were captured and retaken by the Venetians and their arch-enemies the Ottoman Turks during their centuries-long epic struggle for the domination of the southern Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean. Several of these seemingly impregnable fortresses (such as Mount Palamede at Nauplia, Modon and the New Castle of the Morea), designed by some of the most brilliant military engineers of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era, were state-of-the-art and to this day remain as a testament to their superb technical expertise. These strategic strongholds commanded the lands, on occasions providing safe havens, in other times forcing the local populations into submission. Newly-discovered material from the Venetian archives, with the addition of a large array of recently-published contributions for the Ottoman periods, combined with an updated examination of each of these fortresses will vastly add to the public's knowledge of Medieval and Early Modern southern Greece.