See also:

• MALVASIA (Gr. Monemvasia, i.e. the " city of the single approach or entrance "; Ital. Napoli di Malvasia; Turk. Mengeshe or Beneshe)

MALVASIA (Gr. Monemvasia, i.e. the " See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of the single approach or entrance "; Ital. Napoli di Malvasia; Turk. Mengeshe or Beneshe)  , one of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal fortresses and commercial centres of the See also:

• LEVANT

Levant during the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages, still represented by a considerable See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of ruins and a See also:

• TOWN

town of about 550 inhabitants . It stood on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of the Morea, contiguous to the site of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• EPIDAURUS

Epidaurus Limera, of which it took the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . So extensive was its See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine that the name of the place became See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar throughout See also:

• EUROPE

Europe as the distinctive appellation of a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind—Ital . See also:

• MALVASIA (Gr. Monemvasia, i.e. the " city of the single approach or entrance "; Ital. Napoli di Malvasia; Turk. Mengeshe or Beneshe)

Malvasia; Span . Malvagia; Fr . Malvoisie; Eng . Malvesie or See also:

• MALMSEY

Malmsey . The wine was not of See also:

• LOCAL

local growth, but came for the most See also:

• PART

part from Tenos and others of the See also:

• CYCLADES

Cyclades . As a fortress Malvasia played an important part in the struggles between See also:

• BYZANTIUM

Byzantium, See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice and See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey . The See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine emperors considered it one of their most valuable posts in the Morea, and rewarded its inhabitants for their fidelity by unusual privileges . Phrantzes (See also:

• LIB

Lib . IV. cap. xvi.) tells how the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• MAURICE (1521–1553)
• MAURICE (MAURICIUS FLAVIUS TIBERIUS) (c. 539–602)
• MAURICE [or MAURITIUS], ST (d. c. 286)
• MAURICE, JOHN FREDERICK DENISON (1805-1872)

Maurice made the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city (previously dependent in ecclesiastical matters on See also:

• CORINTH
• CORINTH, ISTHMUS OF

Corinth) a See also:

• METROPOLIS (Gr. piir17Pi mother, srGXis, city)

metropolis or See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop's see, and how Alexius See also:

• COMNENUS

Comnenus, and more especially Andronicus I I .

(See also:

• PALAEOLOGUS

Palaeologus) gave the Monembasiotes freedom from all sorts of exactions throughout the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . It was captured after a three years' See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege by See also:

• GUILLAUME
• GUILLAUME, JEAN BAPTISTE CLAUDE EUGENE (1822-1905)

Guillaume de See also:

• VILLEHARDOUIN, GEOFFROY DE (c. 116o-c. 1213)

Villehardouin in 1248, but the citizens retained their liberties and privileges, and the town was restored to the Byzantine emperors in 1262 . After many changes, it placed itself under Venice from 1463 to 1540, when it was ceded to the See also:

• TURKS

Turks . In 1689 it was the only town of theMorea which held out against See also:

• MOROSINI

Morosini, and Cornarohissuccessor only succeeded in reducing it by See also:

• FAMINE (Lat. fames, hunger)

famine . In 1715 it capitulated to the Turks, and on the failure of the insurrection of 1770 the leading families were scattered abroad . As the first fortress which See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the hands of the Greeks in 1821, it became in the following See also:

• YEAR

year the seat of the first See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly . See See also:

• CURTIUS, ERNST (1814-1896)
• CURTIUS, MARCUS

Curtius, Peloponnesos, ii . 293 and 328; Castellan, Lettres sur la Moree (1808), for a See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan; Valiero, Hist. della guerra di See also:

• CANDIA

Candia (Venice, 1679), for details as to the fortress; W . See also:

• MILLER, HUGH (1802–1856)
• MILLER, JOAQUIN (CINCINNATUS HEINE) (1841- )
• MILLER, JOE (JosEPH or JosIAS( (1684-1738)
• MILLER, SAMUEL FREEMAN (1816-1890)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1782-1849)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1795-1861)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1796–1882)
• MILLER, WILLIAM HALLOWES (18o1–188o)

Miller in See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal of Hellenic Studies (19o7) .