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From Ulcinj to Durrës – Albanian Immigrants in Venice (from the Fourteenth to the Eighteenth Century)
Lovorka Čoralić
; Hrvatski institut za povijest, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
During the whole existence of the Republic of Venice, in its capital there existed numerous ethnic groups, which made that city one of the more extremely multicultural centres of the European West. Besides Croats, Greeks, Germans, Armenians and the immigrants from the Ottoman Empire, an undoubtedly important role in the history of the City in the Lagoon was also played by Albanians – the immigrants coming from the province of Venetian Albania, in the first place those from the part of it stretching from Ulcinj to Durrës.
The article is in the first place based on the analysis of the source material from the State Archive of Venice (testaments, cadastres, deeds of the Magistratura of Craft and Trade Corporations, deeds of the Office of the Arsenal, etc.) and the Archive of the Confraternity of SS. George and Tryphon in Venice (the books of the confraternity’s annual meetings), but also on the previous scholarship. Following these sources and literature, the article discusses in detail basic components from the past of Albanian immigrants in Venice: the chronological scope of their presence and agency in Venice, the way in which they are recorded in sources, their more precise native origin, places of residence, professions and economic abilities, the ties of family and friendship, and relations with Venetian ecclesiastical institutions and members of the clergy. Particular attention has been accorded to the modes of communication of the Albanian immigrants towards other immigrant groups (particularly towards the community of Croatian immigrants), but also to their incorporation in Venetian daily life. In the final parts of the article, the forms of involuntary presence or that connected to the criminal activities of the Albanians in Venice (the processes conducted against them for crimes committed: thefts, robberies, murders, sexual offences, etc.), and at the end, there are listed contributions of some Albanian families and individuals to Venetian culture and art. Finally, it may be concluded that the Albanian community in Venice acted as an unavoidable part of the history of ethnic communities in the City of St. Mark. Thus the study of diverse components of its presence and agency is because of that an important part of the research of history of foreign national groups in Venice, but also a contribution to a comprehensive understanding of migration processes from the eastern to the western coast of the Adriatic during a long series of past centuries.
Ključne riječi
Venetian Albania; Albanians; the Republic of Venice; Venice; migrations; the Middle Ages; the Early Modern Age; social history
Hrčak ID:
75839
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.12.2011.
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