Book contents
- Byzantium, Venice and the Medieval Adriatic
- British School at Athens Studies in Greek Antiquity
- Byzantium, Venice and the Medieval Adriatic
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Citation, Transliteration, Names, Titles and Dates
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 The Adriatic Sea 500–1100
- 2 Thinking of Linking
- 3 A Winter Sea?
- 4 The Origins of Venice
- 5 The Northern Adriatic Area between the Eighth and the Ninth Century
- 6 Provincia Iadrensis
- 7 Ravenna and Other Early Rivals of Venice
- 8 Byzantine Apulia
- 9 From One Coast to Another and Beyond
- 10 Icons in the Adriatic before the Sack of Constantinople in 1204
- 11 The Rise of the Adriatic in the Age of the Crusades
- 12 Venice in the Twelfth Century
- 13 Venice, the Ionian Sea and the Southern Adriatic after the Fourth Crusade
- 14 Sea Power and the Evolution of Venetian Crusading
- 15 Reassessing the Venetian Presence in the Late Medieval Eastern Adriatic
- 16 ‘Strangers in the City?’
- Conclusion
- Index
- References
16 - ‘Strangers in the City?’
The Paradoxes of Communitarianism in Fifteenth-Century Venice
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 March 2021
- Byzantium, Venice and the Medieval Adriatic
- British School at Athens Studies in Greek Antiquity
- Byzantium, Venice and the Medieval Adriatic
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Citation, Transliteration, Names, Titles and Dates
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 The Adriatic Sea 500–1100
- 2 Thinking of Linking
- 3 A Winter Sea?
- 4 The Origins of Venice
- 5 The Northern Adriatic Area between the Eighth and the Ninth Century
- 6 Provincia Iadrensis
- 7 Ravenna and Other Early Rivals of Venice
- 8 Byzantine Apulia
- 9 From One Coast to Another and Beyond
- 10 Icons in the Adriatic before the Sack of Constantinople in 1204
- 11 The Rise of the Adriatic in the Age of the Crusades
- 12 Venice in the Twelfth Century
- 13 Venice, the Ionian Sea and the Southern Adriatic after the Fourth Crusade
- 14 Sea Power and the Evolution of Venetian Crusading
- 15 Reassessing the Venetian Presence in the Late Medieval Eastern Adriatic
- 16 ‘Strangers in the City?’
- Conclusion
- Index
- References
Summary
Recent publications on Venice have started looking at the history of the migration from Dalmatia, Albania and Greece to Venice. The migrants came from the Balkans ravaged by wars and poverty to the metropolis which needed men for its army and rowers for its galleys. The increased influx of migrants began in the decade between 1430 and 1440 due to the Turkish threat. This chapter concerns itself with the manner in which the migrants affected the urban tissue of Venice in the fifteenth century. Which parts of Venice were inhabited by which migrant groups and what can this tell us about the socio-anthropological makeup of the city? After all, the impact the migrants was demographic and socio-economic. More specifically, the foundation of particular confraternities can be linked to particular ethnic groups. This chapter demonstrates the manner in which the cult of certain saints and devotional practices including the translation of relics affirmed Venice as the Mediterranean powerhouse.
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- Byzantium, Venice and the Medieval AdriaticSpheres of Maritime Power and Influence, c. 700-1453, pp. 365 - 384Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021