Venetians in Constantinople : nation, identity, and coexistence in the early modern Mediterranean

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Venetians in Constantinople : nation, identity, and coexistence in the early modern Mediterranean

Eric R. Dursteler

(The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science, 124th ser., 2)(Johns Hopkins paperbacks)

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, c2006

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"Johns Hopkins paperback edition, 2008"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-281) and index

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The introduction to this book is dazzling ...The Venetian community in Constantinople provides an excellent site for exploration of issues of nation and identity ...[Dursteler's] overall intention-to demonstrate cultural diversity in a place and era that has been commonly assumed to lack it-remains firmly at the fore, and he admirably fulfills his task.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Venetian Nation in Constantinople 2. The Merchants of Venice 3. The Unoffcial Nation: Banditi, Schiavi, Greci 4. Jews, Renegades, and Early Modern Identity 5. Merchants, Patricians, Citizens, and Early Modern Identity 6. An Urban Middle Ground: Venetians and Ottomans in Constantinople Notes Glossary Works Cited Index

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