Piety and property in Late Medieval and Early Modern Rhodes

Abstract

This chapter discusses a diachronic analysis of land tenure in and surrounding the casale of Trianda on Rhodes. Trianda is situated in the north-west of Rhodes, in the modern municipality of Ialysos. It is bordered by the sea, that is, the Bay of Trianda; Mount Philerimos; and the municipalities of Rhodes and Kremasti. In the later medieval and early modern period, Trianda was principally a place where vines were grown, and the discussion on property will commence with a survey of known vineyards in the casale. In 1433, a vineyard called Cuquidona in the contrata of St Zacharia, in the castellany of Trianda was granted for life to Fr. Jean Clareti, Grand Preceptor of Rhodes. In the early sixteenth century, a vineyard and house situated in the castellany of Trianda was granted for life to Mariette, the legitimate and natural daughter of Nicholai Chavaro, who was in the charge of a Greek priest, Nicholai Zazali of Rhodes