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Book SynopsisThe open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation. In Shrines in a Fluid Space: The Shaping of New Holy Sites in the Ionian Islands, the Peloponnese and Crete under Venetian Rule (14th-16th Centuries), Argyri Dermitzaki reconstructs the devotional experiences within the Greek realm of the Venetian Stato da Mar of Western European pilgrims sailing to Jerusalem. The author traces the evolution of the various forms of cultic sites and the perception of them as nodes of a wider network of the pilgrims’ ‘holy topography’. She scrutinises travelogues in conjunction with archaeological, visual and historical evidence and offers a study of the cultic phenomena and sites invested with exceptional meaning at the main ports of call of the pilgrims’ galleys in the Ionian Sea, the Peloponnese and Crete.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures Introduction 1 Entering the Ionian: The Island of Corfu 1 The Port of Kassiopi 2 The Town of Corfu 2 Sailing towards the Peloponnese: The Strophades Islands 1 The Island of Stamfani 2 The Monastery of the Virgin of Strophades 3 Sailing towards Crete: The Port of Modon 1 Sapienza 2 The Town of Modon 4 The Island of Crete and the Town of Candia 1 Fraskia 2 The Town of Candia Conclusions Bibliography Index
