Speaking of Venetian history, the lustrous history in Medieval Age had been mentioned. However, on the other hand, this activity left a vague impression that we overlooked Venice from the Early Modern Age downward. Therefore, the new movement for understanding the following age has occurred since the latter half of last century. On this current, I would like to survey the foreigners in Venice and the influence to the society to reveal Venice in Early Modern Age. Here, in this presentation, I would like to mention the influx of foreigners and the background as the first step.
The purpose of presentation
1. To explain the figure of Venice in early modern age
2. To unveil the influx of foreigners and the background
The views on Early Modern Venice
○Previous image “The Age of Decay”
○Recent image “The Age of Peace”
Venice: The Global City-The factors of the movements into Venice
〇The transition of population
○ The External and Internal Factors
○Why Venezia?
The evasion of Religious Orders and canons
Discussion Questions
:What did promote the difference of attitudes toward foreigners between Venice and Genoa?
I suppose the governmental system which is peculiar to Venice can be mentioned as the reason; the nobles were equivalent to merchants. True, both of the cities had flourished, basing on the mercantile ideas. However, it is obvious that there was a big difference between the status of rulers and merchants in those places. In Venice, where the sovereigns were engaged in commerce, the pursuance of secular interests could be a national project. I think, therefore, unlike “Genovese” system in which merchants were away from the administration, the acceptance of foreigners performed more smoothly.
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His English is pretty good, I want to use English as he uses. His topic is similar to my topic in terms of dealing with the generous country and the foreigners. As Prof.Fujikawa pointed out, important thing is "who is foreigner?" I guess, in those days, that people didnt have their nationality and the nation didnt have a clear boarder.
By Shoji Tsumura, U4 student