BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news1699@dg.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230420T105555 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230426T181500 SUMMARY:The Conquest of Constantinople (1453): Venetian microhistories DESCRIPTION:The history of the conquest of Byzantine Constantinople by Otto man forces under Mehmed II in 1453 – and its significance in the history of East and West – is well-covered ground. This lecture aims to complem ent the extensive historiography by examining the experiences of individua l Venetians in Constantinople during and after the siege. Many of these ha ve so far remained mere names - or even nameless - in the literature. Draw ing on mostly unpublished sources in the Archivio di Stato di Venezia\, th e lecture will present evidence of mechanisms of adaptation during crisis and rupture\, both at the individual and the communal level. They include experiences of Turkish imprisonment\, the reconstitution of governance str uctures\, and the settlement of financial debts on return to Venice. More broadly\, these microhistories can give insight into how a migrant communi ty responds to the hostile takeover of its host. The findings form part of a larger prosopographical study of the Venetian community in Constantinop le on the eve of the Ottoman conquest.   X-ALT-DESC:

The history of the conquest of Byzantine Constantinople by Ot toman forces under Mehmed II in 1453 – and its significance in the histo ry of East and West – is well-covered ground. This lecture aims to compl ement the extensive historiography by examining the experiences of individ ual Venetians in Constantinople during and after the siege. Many of these have so far remained mere names - or even nameless - in the literature. Dr awing on mostly unpublished sources in the Archivio di Stato di Venezi a\, the lecture will present evidence of mechanisms of adaptation dur ing crisis and rupture\, both at the individual and the communal level. Th ey include experiences of Turkish imprisonment\, the reconstitution of gov ernance structures\, and the settlement of financial debts on return to Ve nice. More broadly\, these microhistories can give insight into how a migr ant community responds to the hostile takeover of its host. The findings f orm part of a larger prosopographical study of the Venetian community in C onstantinople on the eve of the Ottoman conquest.  \;

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