A History of Cyprus

ISBN-13: 9781108020657 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 700 str.

George Hill; Harry Luke

Opis

Sir George Francis Hill (1867 1948), was perhaps best known as a numismatist, although his scholarly interests and accomplishments included a range of time periods and subjects. A classicist by training, Hill built his career at the British Museum's department of coins and medals. In his forty-three years there he produced volumes on coins of antiquity; Greek history and art; coins, heraldry, and iconography of medieval and Renaissance Italy; and treasure troves. In 1931 Hill became the Museum's director and principal librarian, the first archaeologist to hold this post. His four-volume History of Cyprus (1940 52) ranged from Cyprus's earliest years to the twentieth century, and became the standard text on the subject. It is a valuable resource for scholars of the country, of antiquity and of the Mediterranean world. Volume 4 (1571 1948) reviews Ottoman rule, and and evaluates the then contemporary British presence in Cyprus."