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VENETIANS IN CONSTANTINOPLE
NATION, IDENTITY, AND COEXISTENCE IN THE EARLY MODERN MEDITERRANEAN |
| By: |
Eric R. Dursteler |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£33.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0801883245 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780801883248 |
| Publisher: |
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
28 April, 2006 |
| Series: |
Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Description: |
Reconsiders identity in the early modern world to illuminate Veneto-Ottoman cultural interaction and coexistence. Moving beyond the "clash of civilizations" model, this work analyzes the lived reality by focusing on a localized microcosm: the Venetian merchant and diplomatic community in Muslim Constantinople. |
| Synopsis: |
Historian Eric R Dursteler reconsiders identity in the early modern world to illuminate Veneto-Ottoman cultural interaction and coexistence, challenging the model of hostile relations and suggesting instead a more complex understanding of the intersection of cultures. Although dissonance and strife were certainly part of this relationship, he argues, coexistence and cooperation were more common. Moving beyond the "clash of civilizations" model that surveys the relationship between Islam and Christianity from a geopolitical perch, Dursteler analyzes the lived reality by focusing on a localized microcosm: the Venetian merchant and diplomatic community in Muslim Constantinople. While factors such as religion, culture, and political status could be integral elements in constructions of self and community, Dursteler finds early modern identity to be more than the sum total of its constituent parts and reveals how the fluidity and malleability of identity in this time and place made coexistence among disparate cultures possible. |
| Illustrations: |
6 halftones, 2 line illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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