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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483003903321

Autore

Fattori Niccolò

Titolo

Migration and Community in the Early Modern Mediterranean : The Greeks of Ancona, 1510-1595 / / by Niccolò Fattori

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-16904-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (171 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Migration History

Disciplina

909.09822

945.00489

Soggetti

Europe—History—1492-

Italy—History

Emigration and immigration

Social history

Cities and towns—History

History of Early Modern Europe

History of Italy

Migration

Social History

Urban History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1 Introduction -- 2 Ancona, The Adriatic, and The Mediterranean -- 3 Departures - Causes and Extent of the Greek Migrations -- 4 Arrivals - Settlement Pattern and Professional Insertion -- 5 Social Networks, their Role and their Evolution -- 6 Integration - Marriages, Family, and Legacy -- 7 The Confraternity of Sant’Anna -- 8 Structural Weakness and Religious Pressure -- 8 Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyses the processes of formation, consolidation and dissolution of the migrant community in Ancona, a sixteenth-century Italian port city, connecting it to the wider development that took place in Europe and the Mediterranean. The book initially looks at why migrants decided to leave their homelands in parts of the Aegean



region ruled by the Ottoman, Venetian, and Genoese; it then goes on to describe the mechanisms of settlement, professional insertion, and integration that migrants undertook in the social fabric of their new host city. The book examines how migrants organised themselves into a devotional confraternity and the role this institution played in the growth of the community. Finally, it looks at how the community dissolved during the late sixteenth century, faced with increasing pressure from the reformed Catholic clergy after the Council of Trent. Offering fresh insights into the history of Greek diaspora, this book explores the dynamics of migration and community in the early modern Mediterranean through the lens of social connections.