Venetians in Constantinople: Nation, Identity, and Coexistence in the Early Modern Mediterranean Paperback - 2008
by Eric R. Dursteler
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Moving beyond the clash of civilizations model that surveys the relationship between Islam and Christianity from a geopolitical perch, historian Eric R Dursteler focuses on a localized microcosm: the Venetian merchant and diplomatic community in Muslim Constantinople. Although dissonance and strife were certainly part of this relationship, he argues, coexistence and cooperation were more common.
While such factors as religion, culture, and political status could be integral elements in constructions of self and community, Dursteler finds that the fluidity and malleability of identity in the early modern world made coexistence among disparate cultures possible.
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.--American Historical Review
This is a boundary-busting book . . . Dursteler is to be commended for this insightful and gracefully written work that delivers a powerful message in brief compass, and will help change the way we consider European-Ottoman relations in the early modern era and perhaps West and non-West relations in our own.--Renaissance Quarterly
A significant contribution to new understandings of national, ethnic, and religious relations in the past, with clear explanations of common assumptions and frameworks for fluid identities and border-crossings.--Renaissance Studies
A rich body of interesting and colorful information . . . An important contribution to our understanding of the complex Mediterranean world of the early modern period.--Sixteenth Century Journal
Eric R Dursteler is an associate professor of history at Brigham Young University.
--David Jacoby "Sixteenth Century Journal"Details
- Title Venetians in Constantinople: Nation, Identity, and Coexistence in the Early Modern Mediterranean
- Author Eric R. Dursteler
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: repri
- Pages 312
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
- Date 2008-10-27
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780801891052 / 0801891051
- Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.7 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.78 cm)
- Ages 22 to UP years
- Grade levels 17 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
- Religious Orientation: Islamic
- Library of Congress subjects National characteristics, Italians - Turkey - Istanbul
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011453204
- Dewey Decimal Code 949.618
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Citations
- Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2009, Page 51
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