The Conquest of Cyprus: Part 1

[crazyladybutterfly]

The last and most enduring of the crusader states was established on the island of Cyprus at the end of the 12th century. It lasted for over 300 years, thriving long after the Kingdom of Jerusalem had disappeared from the political map, if not memory. How that crusader state came into being is a dramatic story that began with a chance conquest by one of the most charismatic of all crusaders: Richard the Lionheart.

http://defendingcrusaderkingdoms.blo...ader+Kingdoms)

[Böri]

So another white north-west European noble man became the king of brown Orthodox on the island. nothing new. For Crusaders the Cypriot natives were similar level people as Christian Levantines that existed when they had kingdoms in the Levant. Low class natives ruled by elite foreigners.