Πρώιμη ιστορική μαρτυρία για τις Κυδωνίες (1653)
Part of : Δελτίο Κέντρου Μικρασιατικών Σπουδών ; Vol.10, 1993, pages 13-21
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A document of 1653 concerning Kydonies
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Kydonies or Aivali became widely known as one of the most importanteducational and commercial centres in the Greek East in the first years of thenineteenth century. However, apart from some vague oral traditions, almostnothing certain was known about the earlier history of the town. In the presentstudy I edit and comment on a document dated 1653, and preserved in Cod.Hierosolymitanus 509. It is a list of names of inhabitants of Kydonies who hadoffered monetary contributions for the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.The list consists of 33 entries (corresponding to family units) in which 173Christian and family names are mentioned. On the basis of this material, andin correlation with similar entries of the codex from other communities of thearea, we may conclude that Kydonies had been a well established village ofconsiderable size by 1653. Its population consisted of immigrants from theisland of Lesbos mainly, but also from Chios as well as from neighbouringGreek communities of Western Asia Minor, and —in a lesser percentage—from Greece proper.
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