ABSTRACT
This book focuses on the ethnically composite, heterogeneous, mixed nature of the Mediterranean cities and their cultural heritage between the late middle ages and early modern times. How did it affect the cohabitation among different people and cultures on the urban scene? How did it mold the shape and image of cities that were crossroads of encounters, but also the arena of conflict and exclusion? The 13 case studies collected in this volume address these issues by exploring the traces left by centuries of interethnic porosity on the tangible and intangible heritage of cities such as Acre and Cyprus, Genoa and Venice, Rome and Istanbul, Cordoba and Tarragona.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|90 pages
The Medieval City as a Cultural Crossroad
chapter 1|30 pages
“A Dragon With Nine Heads”
chapter 3|14 pages
Economic Migrants or Commuters?
part II|63 pages
The Multi-Ethnic Dimension of Early Modern “Metropolises”
chapter 7|12 pages
Neighbourhoods’ Surveillance of Margins
chapter 8|19 pages
Urban Ethnic Encounters
part III|83 pages
Mediators, Translators, Interpreters