Open AccessConflict, Coexistence and Cooperation in Venetian Zadar (16th century)
Author(s) -
Stephan Sander-Faes
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
miscellanea hadriatica et mediterranea
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2718-1170
pISSN - 1849-0670
DOI - 10.15291/misc.1321
Subject(s) - fifteenth , state (computer science) , threatened species , history , everyday life , croatian , ancient history , religious life , political science , law , religious studies , philosophy , ecology , linguistics , algorithm , habitat , biology , computer science
This study investigates encounters in the early modern Adriatic, in particular focusing on the Venetian possessions. The predominantly Catholic Dalmatian cities were incorporated into the Venetian maritime state around the turn of the fifteenth century and were home to small but bustling communities of merchants, companies of sailors, and soldiers. During the sixteenth century, Dalmatia was both the frontline of Catholicism and a valuable turnover hub for goods, ideas, and people. As the Ottomans continued their advance, life within the crammed fortifications, threatened by bandits, disease, and pirates was tenuous at times. Despite these conditions, cooperation across the many fault lines dividing early modern Europe never ceased. The study uses a microhistorical approach to source material from the rich Croatian State Archive in Zadar and presents selected examples of cooperation, the bending of norms, and everyday life.