A History of Cyprus
A History of Cyprus
Harry Luke
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GBPSir George Francis Hill (1867–1948), was perhaps best known as a numismatist, although his scholarly interests and accomplishments included a range of time periods and subjects. A classicist by training, Hill built his career at the British Museum's department of coins and medals. In his forty-three years there he produced volumes on coins of antiquity; Greek history and art; coins, heraldry, and iconography of medieval and Renaissance Italy; and treasure troves. In 1931 Hill became the Museum's director and principal librarian, the first archaeologist to hold this post. His four-volume History of Cyprus (1940–52) ranged from Cyprus's earliest years to the twentieth century, and became the standard text on the subject. It is a valuable resource for scholars of the country, of antiquity and of the Mediterranean world. Volume 4 (1571–1948) reviews Ottoman rule, and and evaluates the then contemporary British presence in Cyprus.
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November 2010Paperback
9781108020657
700 pages
229 × 39 × 152 mm
1.01kg
17 b/w illus. 1 map
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Table of Contents
- List of plates
- Preface
- Editor's foreword
- Documents and publications referred to
- Part I. The Ottoman Province:
- 1. The Ottoman organization
- 2. Western relations in the seventeenth century
- 3. Kapudan Pasha and Grand Vezir (1571–1785)
- 4. Ascendancy of Dragoman and Bishops (1785–1821)
- 5. Abortive reforms (1821–1856)
- 6. Last days of Turkish rule (1856–1878)
- 7. The British occupation (1878)
- 8. The church under the Turks (1571-1878)
- Part II. Cyprus under British Rule:
- 9. Status of the island
- 10. Constitutional questions
- 11. Finance: taxation
- 12. Finance: the tribute
- 13. Enosis
- 14. The church under the British
- 15. Antiquities
- 16. Strategic considerations
- Appendices
- Index.
