The Archbishops of Cyprus in the Modern Age : The Changing Role of the Archbishop-Ethnarch, their Identities and Politics (Cyprus Historical and Contemporary Studies)

Michael, Michalis N. (EDT)/ Varnava, Andrekos (EDT)

Cambridge Scholars Publishing（2013/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 365 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781443849296
• DDC分類 281.9092

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Cyprus Historical and Contemporary StudiesSince the onset of Ottoman rule, but more especially from the mid-18th Century, the archbishops of the autocephalous Cypriot Orthodox Church have wielded a great deal of political power. Most people of a certain age will remember the bearded monk who became a Greek nationalist politician and the first President of the Republic of Cyprus in 1960, Archbishop Makarios III. Indeed his presence at Madame Tussaud's is a reminder of his stature. But were all Cypriot archbishops such political and powerful Greek nationalists? This study is unique in its exploration of the peculiar role of the archbishop-ethnarch and, as such, offers valuable historical and political insights into the phenomenon.This book offers a political history of religious authorities in the pre-modern, modern, and post-modern eras. It examines how nationalist politics evolved and was co-opted by religious authorities in order to re-establish political hegemony from a secular European colonial power, and the consequences this entailed after the end of the British empire.