Cultural Exchange in Early Modern Europe: Cities and Cultural Exchange in Europe, 1400- 1700

As transfer points between different economic and cultural zones, cities are crucial to shaping processes of cultural exchange. Urban culture embraces cultural traits borrowed or imported from afar and those of local neighbourhoods, professions and social groups, yet it also offers possibilities for the survival of minority identities. This volume compares the characteristics and patterns of change in the spaces, sites and building, which expressed and shaped inter-cultural relationships within the cities of early modern Europe, especially in their ethnic, religious and international dimensions. A central theme is the role of foreigners and the spaces and buildings associated with them from ghettos, churches and hospitals to colleges, inns and markets. Individual studies include Greeks in Italian cities and London; the 'Cities of Jews' in Italy and the place of ghettos in the European imagination; and the contributions of foreign merchants to the growth of Amsterdam as a commercial metropolis. V. 1. Religion And Cultural Exchange In Europe, 1400-1700 / Edited By Heinz Schilling And István György Tóth -- V. 2. Cities And Cultural Exchange In Europe, 1400-1700 / Edited By Donatella Calabi And Stephen Turk Christensen -- V. 3. Correspondence And Cultural Exchange In Europe, 1400-1700 / Edited By Francisco Bethencourt And Florike Egmond -- V. 4. Forging European Identities, 1400-1700 / Edited By Herman Roodenburg ; With An Introductory Essay By Bernd Roeck. General Editor, Robert Muchembled ; Associate Editor, William Monter. European Science Foundation. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Religious beliefs were fundamental to the cultural fabric of early modern Europe. This volume, first published in 2007, examines the role of religion as a vehicle for cultural exchange with case studies ranging across Europe. It will appeal to scholars in early modern European history, history of religion, and social and cultural history. As transfer points between different economic and cultural zones, cities are crucial to shaping processes of cultural exchange. This volume compares and contrasts the spaces, sites and buildings which expressed and shaped inter-cultural relationships within the cities of early modern Europe and looks at the central role of foreigners. The volume surveys the crucial role of cities in shaping cultural exchange in early modern Europe.