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Article: Christians and Muslims in Ottoman Cyprus and the Mediterranean World: 1571-1640.
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- The Historian
- Article date:
- June 22, 1994
- Author:
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The purpose of Ronald C. Jennings' scholarly tome is "to give the history of a small, largely Greek-speaking and mostly Greek Orthodox island" under Ottoman Turkish rule between 1571 and 1640 (6). Because of its strategic location between Europe and Asia, "the Greek Orthodox island of Cyprus" has been the target of numerous raids and conquests by a variety of foreign powers (33). An integral part of both the ancient and the medieval Greek world for more than 2,500 years, Cyprus' fate worsened after 1191, when it was seized by Richard the Lionhearted, king of England, on his way to Jerusalem during the third Crusade. It changed masters - among them the Franks and the ...