by Jan Morris
Alfonso, King of Naples, 97
Alice, Queen of Cyprus, 101
Ali Pasha, 124, 126, 182
Amorgos, 45
Anafi, 47
Andros, 47, 49, 52
Angevins of France, the, 136
Anterion, 123, 125
Arabs, the, 15, 16, 18, 69, 72, 93, 99, 101, 161
Arkhadi, monastery of, 84-5
Armenians, the, in Constantinople, 36;
in Crete, 72;
in Cyprus, 99, 101, 110;
in Venice, 184-5
Arsenal, the (Venetian), 14, 22, 61, 102, 107, 125, 128, 158, 177, 182
Asolo, 113, 184;
Lady of, see Cornaro, Caterina
Ataturk Bridge, the, 31, 32
Athanasius, St, 116, 183
Athens, 42, 129
Augusteum, the, 36
Balbi, Bernardo, Rector of Tinos, 67
Baldwin, Count of Flanders, 23, 41
Barbarigo, Agostino, 125, 126
Barbaro family, the, 181
Barnabotti, the, 140
Barozzi, Lord of Thira, 47
Bella Paise, monastery of, 98
Bellini, Gentile, 43, 113, 184
Bembo bastion, the, 116
Black Mountain, the, 168, 169, 172
Black Sea, the, 25, 118
Boeotia, 52, 54
Boniface of Montferrat, 23, 69
Bosphorus, Strait of the, 25, 26, 44
Bourtzi, 129
Bragadino, Marco Antonio, Captain of Cyprus, 109, 110, 111-12, 149, 182
British, the, 154;
in the Aegean, 59;
in Crete, 70;
in Cyprus, 100, 105;
in the Ionians, 136, 143, 144, 152
Bucintoros, 136, 182
Bucoleon, the, 28, 36-7
Byzantine Empire, the, and influence on Venice, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18-19;
throne of, 22, 27-8, 29-30, 36, 37, 41;
art of, 27, 35, 36-7, 39, 40-41, 82-3, 179-80, 185-7;
fall of, 38-42, 43, 46, 117, 136;
and Crete, 69, 73, 76, 78;
and Greece, 117, 121-2
Campanile, the, 10, 14, 16, 179
Canale, Cristofero da, Captain-General, 62
Canale, Niccolò da, Admiral, 58-60
Capello, Vincenzo, 157
Cappello, Vittore, Captain-General, 61-2
Captains-General of the Sea, 58, 60-62, 96, 125
Carlotta, Duchess of Savoy, 95, 96
Carpaccio, Vittorio, 95, 173, 183, 186
Cephalonia, 150-51
Cetinje, 168, 169, 170, 171
Chioggia, 61
Chios, 46
Christianity, 4, 5, 32, 63, 87, 122, 124-5, 126-7, 128;
Latin/Greek schisms in, 22, 27, 30, 41, 52, 73, 76, 81-2, 104-5, 139;
see also Greek Orthodox Church; Roman Catholic Church
Constantine, Emperor of Byzantium, 34
Constantinople, 2, 12, 15, 18-19, 21, 22, 24, 25-7, 33, 34-8, 96, 102, 112, 115, 128, 140, 163;
Crusaders at, 27-33, 38-41, 180;
defences of, 28-9, 30-33;
trade in, 35-6, 43, 163;
falls to Venetians, 32-3, 38-44;
wealth of, 27, 34-7, 39-40;
falls to Turks, 42, 54, 87;
and Greek emperors, 43, 82
Contarini, Francesco, Bishop of Paphos, 103, 104-5
Contarini, John, Captain of Cyprus, 106
Corfu, 2, 4, 87, 90, 135-50, 181
Corfu, Bailie of, 139, 140, 141, 142, 146
Corfu Town, 136, 137, 138, 143-4, 152
Cornaro, Caterina, Queen of Cyprus, 94-7, 113, 177, 183-4
Cornaro, Marco, 94
Cornaro, Marco, Patriarch of Constantinople, 98
Cornaro della Regina Palace, the, 113, 183-4
Coron, 116
Cos, 45
Crespi, Francesco, 50
Crete, 2, 4, 41, 45, 46, 50, 51, 58, 61, 69-91, 93, 110, 114, 118, 120, 125, 128, 129, 131, 135, 140
Crusade, Fourth, 12, 20-24, 27-33, 38-41, 153, 157
Crusaders, at Venice, 19, 20-24;
at Constantinople, 27, 29-34, 38-41, 179;
divide Byzantine Empire, 41-2, 46, 52, 93;
in Cyprus, 93, 94, 97, 105;
in Greece, 117
Cyclades, the, 46-7, 52, 56, 63, 69, 114
Cyprus, 2, 4, 87, 92-113, 118, 120, 124, 125, 128, 135, 140;
King of, 78
Dalmatia, 3, 124, 125, 128, 140, 153-75, 185
Damaskinos, Michael, 83
Dandolo, Enrico, Doge of Venice, 12, 19, 21-2, 23, 28, 30-33, 38, 41, 42-3, 67, 138, 157, 178, 183
Dandolo, Niccolò, 103, 105
Danilo, Prince-Bishop, 169
Din, Khayr ad-, ‘Barbarossa’, 62-3
Diocletian, Roman Emperor, 163
Djuro, Obrezovo, 171-2
Doges of Venice, the, 5, 18, 42, 49, 60, 61, 74, 95, 136, 153;
see also individual entries
Doge’s Palace, the, 10, 14, 22, 141, 178, 179
Doria, Pietro, Admiral, 186
Dubrovnik, 164-7
Durres, 4, 163
Egypt, 5, 15, 20-21, 23, 70, 114;
and Crete, 70, 78
Egypt, Sultan of, 21, 96
El Greco (Domenico Theotokopoulos), 83
Enetika, 52, 115
Epirus, Despots of, 136
Erizzo, Paolo, Bailie of Khalkis, 58, 59, 148
Etymologia Magnum, 83
Euboea, 46, 50, 52-5, 59-60, 62, 93, 115, 129, 131
Euripos, the, 52, 53, 54-5, 57, 58, 59
Exombourgo, 46, 65-7
Faher, Ordelafo, Doge of Venice, 180
Famagausta, 93, 96, 97, 103, 105, 106, 107-11, 112, 114, 124, 125, 127, 182
Fateh, mosque of, 14, 37
Ferro, Andrea, 54
Foscolo, Lord of Anafi, 47
Francesco III, Duke of the Archipelago, 51
Frangocastello, 86, 115
Frederick Barbarossa, Western Emperor, 16-17
French, the, as Crusaders, 3, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 32, 38, 39, 41, 42;
in Greece, 3, 54, 117;
in the Aegean, 46, 67;
in Crete, 89;
in Cyprus, 93, 99, 101;
in Corfu. 141
Galata Tower, the, 30, 31
Galleasses, 125-6, 160
Genoa, and rivalry with Venice, 4, 6, 61, 86, 125, 136;
and battle of Lepanto, 125
Genoese, the, 46, 47;
in Crete, 69, 75, 90;
and battle of Lepanto, 161
Germans, the, as Crusaders, 2, 27;
and Euboea, 59;
and Crete, 70, 78;
and Greece, 117, 128, 129, 132-3;
and Corfu, 147, 150
Ghisi brothers, the, Lords of Tinos and Mykonos, 47
Giovanni III, Duke of Naxos, 50
Giovanni IV, Duke of Naxos, 63
Giudecca, 148, 184;
see also Spinalonga
Giustiniani, Prior, 126
Golden Bull, the, 139
Golden Gate, the, 34
Golden Horn, the, 2, 25, 26, 29, 30-32, 43, 102, 112, 117
Golden List, the, 139, 140, 143
Grado, 14
Gramvousa, 72, 90
Grand Canal, the, 5, 10, 13, 95, 113, 183
Greece, 41, 42, 117-18, 128;
and War of Independence, 129, 130;
see also island entries; Peloponnese
Greek Orthodox Church, the, 3, 19, 22, 32, 48-9, 52, 56, 64, 74, 76-7, 81-2, 98, 101, 139, 142-3, 151, 182
Greeks, the, 3, 16, 41-2, 182, 184;
in Constantinople, 31, 36, 37, 43, 52, 83, 184;
and attitude towards Venetians, 42, 43, 46, 49, 50;
in the Aegean, 46, 48, 50, 54, 59, 62, 63, 67;
in Crete, 70, 74, 75, 89;
in Cyprus, 93, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 105, 108;
in the Peloponnese, 115, 120-21, 129;
in Corfu, 141-2, 149, 151-2
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sp; Grimani, Antonio, Admiral, 60, 124
Gypsies, in the Aegean, 54;
in the Peloponnese, 115, 116;
in the Ionians, 146-7
Henry III, King of France, 11
Hippodrome, the, 36, 37, 44
Holy Apostles, church of the, see Fateh, mosque of
Holy League, the, 103, 107, 112, 124
Hvar, 157, 160
Idrisi, Abu Abdullah Mohammad ibn al-, 19
Imperial Silk Factory, the, 37
Innocent III, Pope, 20
Ionian Islands, the, 5, 41, 125, 128, 150-52;
see also Corfu and individual entries
Ios. 63
Iraklion, 70, 72-5, 77-8, 99, 128, 150, 151, 177, 181;
siege of, 88-9
Isaac II, Emperor of Byzantium, 19, 22, 30, 38, 39
Islam, 4-5, 17, 20, 42, 63, 82, 87, 122, 124
Istria, 153, 156, 157, 173, 174-5
Italians, as Crusaders, 22;
in Constantinople, 36;
in the Aegean, 54, 65;
in Cyprus, 99, 101;
in Greece, 47, 128, 129
Ithaca, 150
Ivo the Black, Prince, 171-2
James II, King of Cyprus, 94-5
James III, King of Cyprus, 95
Jerusalem, Kings of, 94
Jews, as financiers, 22, 51, 54, 115, 147-8;
in Constantinople, 36;
in Crete, 74, 89, 148;
in Cyprus, 101, 102;
in Methoni, 115;
in Corfu, 139, 147-50;
in Venice, 147-8, 184
John, Don, of Austria, 125, 126
John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium, 180
Justinian, Emperor of Byzantium, 34, 35
Kalergis Press, the, 83
Kandanoleon, George, 78-9
Kandanoleon, Petros, 78-9
Kardaki, 152
Karpathos, 51
Kassiopi, 145-6, 153
Kastro, the (Monemvasia), 122
Kastro, the (Naxos), 48-9, 50, 55-6
Kea, 47
Khalkis, 52-5, 57-60, 98, 103, 157
Khalkis, Bailie of, 52, 54, 58
Khania, 72, 86, 88
Kithira, 4, 47, 114, 150
Korlula, 154-5, 157, 160, 173
Korkyra Negra, 154
Koroni, 2, 116, 129, 131
Kothokini, 145, 151
Kotor, 156, 163, 168, 169, 170, 179;
Gulf of, 160, 161, 167, 168, 170
Kyrenia, 94, 105-7
Land Gate, the (Famagusta), 107
Larnaca, 103
Lassithi, 79-81
Latin Church see Roman Catholic Church
Lepantani, 160
Lepanto, 123;
battle of, 87, 112, 123-8, 135, 139, 160
Lesbos, 45
Levkas, 150
Lido, the, 22, 23, 177, 178
Limassol, Bishop of, 110
Loredan, Paolo, Duke of Iraklion, 80
Lovćen mountains, the, 160, 168, 169
Lusignan dynasty, the, 93, 94, 97, 98, 99, 100
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 167
Malipiero, Pietro Francisco, 146
Malta, 87;
and battle of Lepanto, 125, 127
Manin, Daniele, 187
Manin, Ludovico, Doge of Venice, 185
Mark, St, 2, 10, 17-18, 74, 93, 166
Martenigo, Hercules, 111
Martinengo bastion, the, 107
Matapan, 114
Merceria, the, 14, 179, 183
Mese, the, 34
Methoni, 4, 114-19, 128, 129, 130, 135, 146, 147, 150, 182
Mocenigo, Pietro, Captain-General, 96, 171-2, 181
Mocenigo, Tommaso, Doge of Venice, 119
Mohammed II, Sultan of Turkey, 54-5, 57-9
Molino, Francesco, 78
Monemvasia, 121-3, 131
Montenegrins, the, 168-9
Montenegro, 160, 163, 168-71
Morea, the, see Peloponnese
Moro, Cristoforo, 97
Morosini, Francesco, Captain-General, 62, 84, 88, 89, 128, 129-30, 131, 132, 133-4, 177, 181, 182, 183
Morosini, Tommaso, Patriarch of Constantinople, 41, 81
Mouseion hill, the, 132, 133, 134
Mustapha Pasha, 109-12
Mykonos, 47, 50, 52, 115
Napoleon Bonaparte, 6, 10, 152, 167, 177, 179, 185, 186
Nasi, Joseph, 51, 102, 149
Nauplia, 118, 129-31, 146, 152
Navarino, fortress of, 116, 135
Navpaktos, 123-4, 126, 129
Naxos, 47-9, 50, 55-7, 115
Negroponte see Euboea; Khalkis
Nero, Roman Emperor, 145
Nestorians, the, in Cyprus, 102
New Fort, the (Corfu), 139, 147
Niccolò III, Duke, 50
Nicetas, 34, 39, 41
Nicolas, Prince, 170-71
Nicosia, 93, 98-100, 101, 103-5, 106, 107, 124;
plain, 94
Nicosia, Archbishop of, 96
Nike, temple of, 132-3
Nikopoeia Madonna, the, 35, 40, 180-81, 185
Njegoš, Petar, Prince-Bishop, 169
Old Fort, the (Corfu), 138, 140, 142, 143
Orsini, Giorgio, 174, 181
Othello, 97;
Tower of, 107, 109
Otranto Strait, the, 136-7, 153
Ottoman Empire, the, 4, 6, 124, 127, 128, 137;
see also Turks
Pala d’Oro, the, 15, 40, 180, 185
Palaeologus, Graitzas, 120
Palamidhi, fortress of, 129, 130-31
Pantokrator Monastery, 40
Pantokrator, Mount, 137
Paros, 47, 51, 52
Parthenon, the, 132, 133-4
Pasqualigo, Filippo, 146
Patmos, 45
Patras, 118, 123
Paxos, 150
Peloponnese, the, 113-34, 138, 140
Perast, 157, 161, 170
Persians, the, in Venice, 15, 16;
in Constantinople, 36
Pesaro, Benedetto, Captain-General, 62
Pesaro, Jacopo, Admiral, Bishop of Paphos, 62, 181
Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, 161
Petrarch, Francesco, 77-8, 177, 186
Phidias, 34
Piazza San Marco see St Mark, Little Piazza of
Pietà, Monte di, 183
Piran, 159
Pirates and corsairs, 4, 45, 50, 86, 102, 107, 121, 161-3, 164
Pisani, Vettore, Captain-General, 60-61, 179, 181
Pius II, Pope, 2, 72
Polidoro, Jerome, 112
Poreč, 4, 160
Propylaea, the, 133, 134
Proveditor-General of the Levant, the, 139, 142
Pula, 61, 156, 174
Quarter and a Half-Quarter of the Roman Empire, Lords of a, 12, 42
Querini, Lord of Stampaha, 47
Querini-Stampalia Palace, the, 183
Radovan, 174
Reading Club, the, (Corfu), 144, 151
Renier, Giovanni, 109
Rethimnon, 72, 84, 87, 88
Rhodes, 5, 46, 61
Rialto, the, 10, 13, 147, 178
Rocca al Mare, La, 75
Rodriga, Daniele, 163
Roman Catholic Church, the, 4, 6, 16-17, 19, 47, 48-9, 62, 63, 64, 73, 76, 81, 153, 162
St Irene, church of, 37
St John, cathedral of, 116
St John, Knights of, 5, 46, 89, 98
St Mark, Basilica of, 10, 14-15, 16, 18, 21, 40, 127, 155, 173, 177, 179-81
St Mark, Basin of, 10, 12, 13, 14, 23, 77, 95, 127
St Mark, lions of, 16, 59, 84, 95, 97, 107, 116, 120, 127, 129, 131, 134, 136, 152, 157-9, 177, 178, 182, 185
St Mark, Little Piazza of, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 23, 178
St Mark, Piazza of, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 40, 127, 163, 179, 184
St Mark, quadriga of, 36, 40, 44, 185-7
St Nicolas, cathedral of, 108
Salamis, 100, 109
Samaria Gorge, th
e, 84
San Andrea, fortress of, 177
San Domenico, monastery of, 99
San Giorgio, church of, 184
San Giorgio Maggiore, 10;
monastery of, 40, 54
San Giuseppe, church of, 128
San Michele, church of, 181
Sanmicheli, Michele, 74, 177
San Niccolò dei Greci, Scuola di, 83
San Stefano, church of, 181
Santa Maria Zobenigo, church of, 181
Santa Sophia, church and mosque of (Constantinople), 27, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42-3
Santa Sophia, church of (Monemvasia), 121, 122-3
Santa Sophia, cathedral and mosque of (Nicosia), 103-4
Santi Apostoli, church of, 113
Sanudo, Marin, Duke Marco I of the Archipelago, 46-7, 48, 49, 67
San Zanipolo, church of, 112, 181-2, 184
Sapienza Island, 115
Sardinas family, the, 143, 145
Savoy, King of, 89
Schiavoni, Riva degli, 10, 14, 177
Schiavoni, Scuola of the, 182-3
Schulenburg, Johann von der, Count, 150
Scutari, 29
Selim II, ‘the Sot’, Sultan of Turkey, 51, 102, 112, 161
Selvo, Domenico, Doge of Venice, 15
Senj, 162, 174
Serifos, 50, 63
Sfakiots, the, 86
Sibenik, 174, 181
Sicily, King of, 136
Sifnos, 63
Signory, the, 3, 4, 50, 51, 63, 64, 71, 77, 95, 99, 100, 106, 107, 112, 113, 118, 129, 134, 137, 139, 141, 150, 163, 164
Slavs, the, 15, 36, 129, 154, 157, 159, 161, 165, 172-4, 183, 185
Soudha, 69, 72, 90
Spain, Empire of, 6;
and battle of Lepanto, 125
Spaniards, the, in Greece, 42, 117;
and battle of Lapanto, 126
Sparta, 117
Spinalonga (Giudecca), 72, 90-91
Spiridon, St, 139, 141, 142
Split, 4, 156, 163-4, 181
Stampalia, 47, 183
Stanicha of Montenegro, 171-2
Stato da Mar, 1, 71, 116, 159
Syria, 5, 16, 118
Syrians, the, in Constantinople, 36;
in Cyprus, 93, 101
Syros, 50, 52, 115
Ten, Council of, 118
Tenedos, 51
Themistocles’ Long Walls, 132
Theodore, St, 10, 178
Theodosius II, Emperor of Byzantium, 28;
walls of, 34, 37
Thira, 47, 51-2, 54
Tiepolo, Bajamonte, 183
Tinos, 46, 47, 50, 63-7, 90, 115, 128
Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), 11, 127, 173, 186
Titus, St, cathedral of, 73-4
Topkapi Palace, 37
Trade and commerce, 4-5, 13, 20, 41-2, 115, 147, 148, 166, 182;
with the east, 4-5, 15, 20, 45-6, 118;
in Constantinople, 35-6, 43;
in the Aegean, 45, 50, 51, 52;
in Crete, 71, 72;
in Cyprus, 98;
in Ionians, 150;
in the Adriatic, 157, 163-4, 169
Tragea, valley of the, 55
Trogir, 156, 159, 160, 174
Turkey, Sultan of, 43, 93, 100, 124, 137, 149, 166;