
Trading nations
Jews and Venetians in the Early-Modern Eastern Mediterranean
Benjamin Arbel(Author)
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 1. September 1995
Book
Leather / fine binding
XV, 237 pages
978-90-04-10057-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book deals with the intricate, and often uneasy relationship which developed between Jews and Venetians, as they struggled to cope with the changing realities of the sixteenth-century Mediterranean world.
The fruit of many years of research in the Venetian archives, this volume explores undiscovered aspects of Mediterranean history regarding the involvement of Venetians and Jews in the international maritime trade, Venetian attitudes towards Jews, the impact of Venetian-Ottoman contention on the relationship between Jews and Venetians, and more.
The unfolding of this relationship reveals new perspectives on the history of sixteenth-century Venice, on the social and economic history of the Jews, and on the history of the Ottoman Empire in its prime.
The fruit of many years of research in the Venetian archives, this volume explores undiscovered aspects of Mediterranean history regarding the involvement of Venetians and Jews in the international maritime trade, Venetian attitudes towards Jews, the impact of Venetian-Ottoman contention on the relationship between Jews and Venetians, and more.
The unfolding of this relationship reveals new perspectives on the history of sixteenth-century Venice, on the social and economic history of the Jews, and on the history of the Ottoman Empire in its prime.
Reviews / Votes
'Arbel's account is a model of integrity in its use of sources, and brims with important insights. It is a book that anyone studying early-modern Mediterranean history should read.'Daniel Goffman, The International History Review, 1997.
'...a very stimulating book that adds greatly to the state of our understanding of the Jewish role in the eastern Mediterranean trade of the sixteenth century.'
Dean Phillip Bell, Sixteenth Century Journal, 1997.
'Arbels Studien zeugen von einer souveraenen Kenntnis der Quellen und der einschlaegigen Literatur und bereichern unser Bild des fruehneuzeitlichen Mittelmeerhandels...'
Mark Haeberlein, Vierteljahrschrift fuer Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, 1998.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 166 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
599 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-10057-2 (9789004100572)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Benjamin Arbel, Ph.D. (1982) in History, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, is Associate Professor of early modern history at the School of History of Tel Aviv University, His publications deal with different aspects of Venetian presence in the eastern Mediterranean.