Bill Kent’s work had a great influence on my own as a social historian, especially the ways famil... more Bill Kent’s work had a great influence on my own as a social historian, especially the ways family, kin, marriage, friends and neighbourhood defined people. I have taken Bill’s ideas and shown how they are equally applicable to a different city and people, in this case sixteenth century Venice and its large Greek community. This essay examines how an exiled family of Florentine origin reinvented itself, first in Cyprus and, after 1571, in Venice.
The paper examines the relationship between the Greeks of the Stato da Mar and official Venetian ... more The paper examines the relationship between the Greeks of the Stato da Mar and official Venetian attitudes to this particular group of subject people.
A close study of three Byzantine noble families that (eventually) found a permanent home in Venic... more A close study of three Byzantine noble families that (eventually) found a permanent home in Venice after the fall of Constantinople
The focus is on marriages between elite Greek women and Venetian patricians. This paper examines ... more The focus is on marriages between elite Greek women and Venetian patricians. This paper examines how the women managed linguistic and cultural differences, maintained ties to their birth families, their faith and community while also incorporating themselves into their Italian in-laws.
Bill Kent’s work had a great influence on my own as a social historian, especially the ways famil... more Bill Kent’s work had a great influence on my own as a social historian, especially the ways family, kin, marriage, friends and neighbourhood defined people. I have taken Bill’s ideas and shown how they are equally applicable to a different city and people, in this case sixteenth century Venice and its large Greek community. This essay examines how an exiled family of Florentine origin reinvented itself, first in Cyprus and, after 1571, in Venice.
The paper examines the relationship between the Greeks of the Stato da Mar and official Venetian ... more The paper examines the relationship between the Greeks of the Stato da Mar and official Venetian attitudes to this particular group of subject people.
A close study of three Byzantine noble families that (eventually) found a permanent home in Venic... more A close study of three Byzantine noble families that (eventually) found a permanent home in Venice after the fall of Constantinople
The focus is on marriages between elite Greek women and Venetian patricians. This paper examines ... more The focus is on marriages between elite Greek women and Venetian patricians. This paper examines how the women managed linguistic and cultural differences, maintained ties to their birth families, their faith and community while also incorporating themselves into their Italian in-laws.
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