Download PDF | Elena Kaffa - The Greek Church of Cyprus, the Morea and Constantinople During the Frankish Era (1196-1303)_ A New Perspective-Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2014).
181 Pages
ABSTRACT
This book provides an analytical presentation of the situation of the Greek Church of Cyprus, the Morea and Constantinople during the earlier part of the Frankish Era (1196–1303). It examines the establishment of the Latin Church in Constantinople, Cyprus and Achaea and attempts to answer questions relating to the reactions of the Greek Church to the Latin conquests. It also considers the similarities and differences in the establishment of the diocesan structure, agreements regarding the fate of the Greek ecclesiastical properties, the payment of tithes and the agreements of 1220–1222.
Moreover, it analyses the relations of the Greek Church of Cyprus, the Greek Church of Constantinople and the Morea with the Latin Church. For instance, it details papal involvement in the affairs of the Church in these three significant areas, the ecclesiastical differences between the Greek and the Latin churches, the behaviour of the Greek patriarchs, archbishops and bishops within the Greek Church, the reaction of the Greeks towards the establishment of the Latin Church, and significant events such as the martyrdom of the thirteen monks of Kantara and the promulgation of the Bulla Cypria.
The third topic pertains to the relationship of the Greek Church of the Morea, Constantinople and Cyprus with the secular authority. It discusses the attitude of the King of Cyprus, the rulers of the Morea and the Emperor of Constantinople towards the problems between the Latins and Greeks, the relationship of the Latin nobility with the Greeks and the involvement of the crown regarding the ecclesiastical property and possible explanations for the approach of the Latin crown towards the Greeks.
INTRODUCTION
This book is an examination of the establishment of the Latin Church in Cyprus, the Morea and Constantinople, the relationship between the Greek Church and the Latin Church in these places, and the relationship between the Greek Church and the Latin secular authority until 1303, the end of Boniface VIII’s papacy. The subject is important as it sheds light on the ecclesiastical history of three significant places during the Frankish period: Cyprus, the Morea and Constantinople.
It examines the development of the relationship between the Greek Church and the Latin Church from the first years of their establishment; firstly in Cyprus after the Third Crusade, and following the Fourth Crusade in Constantinople and the Morea, until 1303. In addition, it observes the complex relations of the Greek Church and the papacy and other Greek Churches of the Latin East as they evolved, including Jerusalem and Antioch, and in the west with Sicily and South Italy, and their troubled relations with the Latin Church, comparing the relations between the Latins and Cyprus, the Morea and Constantinople.
It also compares the experiences of the Church in these three areas, for example how the experience of the Greek Church in Cyprus differed from that of the Greek Church in the Morea, in the hope that what happened in one area can shed light on what happened elsewhere. It raises the question of whether the differences require any new lines of enquiry or prompt the need for new interpretations. Cyprus, the Morea and Constantinople were selected, despite the chronological differences in the establishment of Frankish rule, as they share similarities and many common aspects. In addition, the Greek Church in these three locations has not been studied before in parallel and, unlike the Latin Church there have been no analytical researches or bibliographical surveys.
It is important to note that there is little evidence pertaining to Greece and Constantinople, unlike the material for Cyprus. For instance, there is no cartulary surviving from any Latin church in Greece or Constantinople. When I first started my research, I was of the belief that there would be more applicable information. As a result, I have attempted to make do with what little evidence there is.
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