Trading nations
Subtitle: Jews and Venetians in the early-modern eastern Mediterranean
By: by Benjamin Arbel.
Series: Brill's series in Jewish studies,; v. 14
Publisher: Brill
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: Jews -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- 16th century.; Jews -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 16th century.; Jewish businesspeople -- Meditarranean Region -- History -- 16th century.; Jewish businesspeople -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 16th century.; Venice (Italy) -- Ethnic relations.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references(p. [216]-230) and index.