When Constantinople Fell, Crete Rose
On 29 May 1453, Constantinople fell. For many, it marked the end of the Byzantine world. For Crete, it became the beginning of an extraordinary age of artistic, intellectual and spiritual flourishing.
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Field notes and essays on the churches of Crete: their frescoes, painters, inscriptions and the people around them.
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An Island at the Crossroads of Death. Crete in the Time of Plague
In the summer of 1347, a ship from Constantinople sailed into the port of Chandax. It brought something no one was waiting for: a plague that would cut through medieval Crete, its cities, villages, ports, wills, and religious imagination.