Knighthood, Crusades, and Diplomacy in the Eastern Mediterranean at the Time of King Peter I of Cyprus Notre Dame Global Gateway in Rome October 14-16, 2016 Friday, October 14, 2016 9:30-9:45 am Welcoming Address Theodore J. Cachey, Inaugural Academic Director of the Rome Global Gateway Alexander Beihammer and Angel Nikolaou-Konnari 9:45-10:30 am Keynote Speech Peter Edbury, The Papacy and Cyprus in the Time of Peter I 10:30-11:00 am Coffee Break 11:00 am-12:45 pm Session 1: Crusades and Diplomacy (1) Chair: Peter Edbury 11:00-11:30 am Mike Carr, Cyprus and the Crusades Between the Fall of Acre and the Reign of Peter I 11:30 am-12:00 pm Chris Schabel, Pope Urban V’s Plans for King Peter I and the Crusade of 1365 12:00-12:30 pm Charalambos Gasparis, Crete, 1357-1367: A Stronghold for Venetian Diplomacy and Crusade in the Eastern Mediterranean Discussion 12:45-2:30 pm Lunch Break 2:30-4.15 pm Session 2: Crusades and Diplomacy (2) Chair: Chris Schabel 2:30-3:00 pm Nicholas Coureas, King Peter I of Cyprus and the Armenians 3:00-3:30 pm Johannes Pahlitzsch, Cyprus and Oriental Christianity in the Fourteenth Century 3:30-4:00 pm Michalis Olympios, Angevin and Lusignan Visual Claims to the Crown of Jerusalem: Parallel Lives? Discussion 4:15-4:45 pm Coffee Break 4:45-6:30 pm Session 3: King Peter I in Literature Chair: Gilles Grivaud 4:45-5:15 pm Laura Minervini, In Praise of the King: La Prise d’Alexandrie by Guillaume de Machaut 5:15-5:45 pm Angel Konnari, Le roy de ChipPre de renon: The Depiction of Peter I of Lusignan in French Literature 5:45-6:15 pm David Wrisley, Event or World System? (Digitally) Mapping the Sources of the Alexandrian Raid? Discussion 6:30 pm Reception Saturday, October 15, 2016 10:00 am-12:20 pm Session 4: Ottoman Expansion and Greek-Latin Dialogue Chair: Johannes Pahlitzsch 10:00-10:30 am Alexander Beihammer, Byzantine Reactions to the Fall of Gallipoli (1354) and the Early Ottoman Penetration of the Balkan Peninsula 10:30-11:00 am Sebastian Kolditz, John V Palaeologus in Rome: Rethinking an Imperial Visit and Conversion 11:00-11:30 am Alexis Torrence, Cyprus in the Late Byzantine Theological Landscape, with Special Reference to the Palamite Controversy 11:30-12:00 am Charles Yost, In Search of the Link between Anti-Palamism and Unionism: The Cases of John Kyparissiotes and Manuel Kalekas. Discussion 12:20-2:30 pm Lunch Break 2:30-4:15 pm Session 5: Muslim Perspectives Chair: John France 2:30-3:00 pm Rhoads Murphey, The Long Prose “Epic” of Sarı Saltuk Dede (fl. circa 1260 to 1298) as a Source for Understanding Motives for “Crusade” and “Crusader” Motivation in the Period Immediately Preceding the Foundation of the Ottoman Emirate in 1300 3:00-3:30 pm Sara Nur Yıldız, The Struggle over Gorigos: Latin Cypriots, Cilician Armenians, and Karamanid Turks in conflict along the Anatolian Mediterranean Coast in the 1350s-1360s 3:30-4:00 pm Clément Onimus, The Mamluk Sultanate facing King Peter I of Cyprus: The Alexandrian Crusade and its Consequences Discussion 4:15-4:45 pm Coffee Break 4:45-6:30 pm Session 6: Logistics, Economy, and Climate Chair: Rhoads Murphey 4:45-5:15 pm John France, The “Military Revolution” and the Eastern Mediterranean in the Age of Peter I 5:15-5:45 pm Francisco Apellaniz, The Place of Cyprus in Mamluk Global Exchanges, Fourteenth-Sixteenth Centuries 5:45-6:15 pm Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, A Climate for Crusading? Environmental Factors in the History of the Eastern Mediterranean during the Life and Reign of Peter I of Cyprus (1328-1369) Discussion 7 pm Dinner Sunday, October 16, 2016 9:00-10:45 am Session 7: Society and Language Chair: Nicholas Coureas 9:00-9:30 am Gilles Grivaud, Le roi Pierre Ier et son conseil 9:30-10:00 am Miriam Salzmann, The Cypriot Aristocracy under Peter I and Peter II: Prosopographical Aspects and Centers of Power 10:00-10:30 am Daniele Baglioni, Italian Vernaculars as Diplomatic Languages in the Medieval Levant Discussion 10:45-11:15 am Coffee Break 11:15-11:45 am Conclusions .