Cosmopolitan Crete

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A History of Cultural, Ethnic, Linguistic, and Religious Mixing

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvLouis A. Ruprecht Jr.,Louis A. Ruprecht Jr,Louis A Ruprecht Jr

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This open access book studies the history of the island of Crete as a site of ethnic and religious mixing and reveals how this relates to modern day interest in pluralistic community formation. Louis A Ruprecht Jr. explores the mixture of culture, traditions, languages, and religion in the Greek island of Crete to explore the idea that mixing creates both marvels and monsters. The book considers how all of the bodies living and mixing on Crete were caught up in ritual, ceremony, and contexts which can be identified as religious. Ruprecht explores archeology, literature, myths, and biblical stories, revealing how the history of mixing cultures and ideas in Crete, focusing mostly on Greek mythology and the early spread of Christianity. In essence, Ruprecht uses Crete’s history as an example to show how we can live in mixed societies rather than amidst constant culture wars. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Emory University and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-10-01
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in Body and Religion
Antal sidor336
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9798216365778

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PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Cretan Myths: Women, Marvels, Pirates, and MonstersPART ONE: ANCIENT HISTORY AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE COSMOPOLITAN IDEAL1: Crete in the Stone Age: Oceans Connect: The Sea and Stone Age Seafarers2. Crete in the Bronze Age: Sir Arthur Evans and the Marvels of Minoan Mixing3. Crete in the Classical Age: The Classical Commons: Mixed Laws, Mixed Constitutions, Mixed CitizensPART TWO: CRETE AS A ROMAN MONSTER4. Crete in the Roman Age: The Politics of Piracy: The Roman War on Terror5: Christianity on Crete: Titus on Christian Virtue: Cultural Mixing and Cretan VicePART THREE: COSMOPOLITAN MARVELS BETWEEN THE LATER ROMES6. Arab and Byzantine Crete: Imperial Peripheries: Arabs, Crete and Constantinople7. Venetian Crete: The Transformation of a Cultural Landscape by a Maritime Republic8. The Cretan Renaissance: Epic Poetry and Christian Visions: Erotokritos and El GrecoEpilogue: Crete Beyond Nationalist (Pre)Occupations