TY - BOOK AU - Dursteler,Eric R. TI - Venetians in Constantinople: Nation, Identity, and Coexistence in the Early Modern Mediterranean T2 - The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science Series SN - 9780801889127 AV - DR435.I8 D87 2006 U1 - 949.61/80045104531 PY - 2006/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Italians-Turkey-Istanbul KW - National characteristics KW - Venice (Italy)-Commerce-History KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Venetian Nation in Constantinople -- 2 The Merchants of Venice -- 3 The Unofficial 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- K -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Illustrations N2 - 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 constitutent parts and reveals how the fluidity and malleability of identity in this time and place made coexistence among disparate cultures possible UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3318270 ER -