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Gilles Grivaud, « Les voyageurs de langue française et la domination vénitienne sur le royaume de Chypre (1480-1550) », Cahiers du Centre d’Études Chypriotes, ID : 10.3406/cchyp.2013.1081
Unlike the French travelers of the nineteenth century, those of the years 1480 to 1550 have not considered Cyprus as a country with specific links with the kingdom of France, despite the long period of Lusignan’s domination. In their eyes, the island was a country part of the Christian West, even if the indigenous population had specifics ritual practices ; testimonies expressing resentment from the Frankish elites against Venice are exceptional.