Η κοινωνική διαμόρφωση της Κύπρου κατά την περίοδο της Φραγκοκρατίας
Part of : Βυζαντιακά ; No.29, 2010, pages 205-231
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Social shaping of Cyprus during the Franks
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Συνεργασίες
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The conquest of Cyprus by Richard A in 1191, transformed the island from a remote province of the declining Byzantine Empire to a Latin kingdom. Additionally, it overthrew the Byzantine social structures and enforced feudalism. The inspirator of the new sociopolitical system was Richard, who shared feudal following the conquest of Cyprus. However, feudalism developed and established by Guy de Lusignan (1192-1194) and even more by his brother Amory (1194-1205). Guy, for political, social and military reasons, invited many knights from the Holy Land to live in Cyprus. Approximately, three hundred large and small feudal were shared to two hundred knights and lower nobles. The feudal organization in Cyprus followed the model of the kingdom of Jerusalem and was in accordance with the provisions of Assizon enforced there. The population was divided into two parts: the privileged Latin colonists, who were the aristocracy, and the native Greeks. The implementation of the feudal system in Cyprus according to the western standards, divided the population into social classes: the nobles, the bourgeoisie, the stranger, the perpyarioi, the free, the White Venetians, the White and Black Genoese.
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