Networking in Late Medieval Central Europe (Studies in Medieval History and Culture)

Exploring the formation of networks across late medieval Central Europe, this book examines the complex interaction of merchants, students, artists, and diplomats in a web of connections that linked the region. These individuals were friends in business ventures, occasionally families, and not infrequently foes. No single activity linked them, but rather their interconnectivity through matrices based in diverse modalities was key. Partnerships were not always friendship networks, art was sometimes passed between enemies, and families created for financial gain. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the chapters focus on inclusion and exclusion within intercultural networks, both interpersonal and artistic, using a wide spectrum of source materials and methodological approaches. The concept of friends is considered broadly, not only as connections of mutual affection but also simply through business relationships. Families are considered in terms of how they helped or hindered local integration for foreigners and the matrimonial strategies they pursued. Networks were also deeply impacted by rivalry and hostility. Exploring the formation of networks across late medieval Central Europe, this book examines the complex interaction of merchants, students, artists, and diplomats in a web of connections that linked the region. MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series Page 5 Title Page 6 Copyright Page 7 Table of Contents 8 List of figures 10 List of map 14 Notes of contributors 16 Introduction 20 1 Gaudeamus igitur in Bononia dum sumus: A network of Polish students in Italy in the late Middle Ages 29 2 A Venetian merchant in Poland: The life and times of Pietro Bicherano 44 3 How to develop a trade network as a newcomer without getting married? Examples from the account book of Danzig merchant Johan Pyre 57 4 Marriage networks and building structures of power within the urban communities between the Drava River and the Adriatic Sea: A comparative approach 70 5 Inclusion and exclusion. Intercultural relationships in Old Warsaw in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in light of the municipal registers 83 6 The diplomacy of Sigismund of Luxembourg in the dispute between the Teutonic Knights and Poland-Lithuania 96 7 The coat of arms of Louis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia, in the choir of Barcelona Cathedral. The role and significance of the Jagiellonian dynasty in the nineteenth assembly of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1519 111 8 Rome, Rostock and a remote region: Art commissions and networks of Livonian bishops 126 9 What links the Last Judgement triptych by Hans Memling with Florence, Rome, Nuremberg, Breisach and Cracow? 144 10 Across boundaries. Artistic exchange (painting, sculpture) in the area between Gdańsk (Danzig) and Königsberg in the late Middle Ages 171 11 Distant enemies, yet allies in art? Remarks on supposed artistic relations between fourteenth-century Prussia and the Islamic and Byzantine cultures in the Middle East 198 12 Late medieval networks of faith: The West and the East. Fortified urbanity and religion in fifteenth-century illuminations produced in France 217 Index 228 Networking;,Pietro,Bicherano;,Trade,Network;,Marriage,Networks;,Intercultural,Relationships;,Sigismund;,Livonian,Bishops;,Late,Medieval,Networks Networking,Pietro Bicherano,Trade Network,Marriage Networks,Intercultural Relationships,Sigismund,Livonian Bishops,Late Medieval Networks "Exploring the formation of networks across late medieval Central Europe, this book examines the complex interaction of merchants, students, artists and diplomats in a web of connections that linked the region. These individuals were friends in business ventures, occasionally families, and not infrequently foes. No single activity linked them, but rather their interconnectivity through matrices based in diverse modalities was key. Partnerships were not always friendship networks, art was sometimes passed between enemies, and families created for financial gain. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the chapters focus on inclusion and exclusion within intercultural networks, both interpersonal and artistic, using a wide spectrum of source materials and methodological approaches. The concept of friends is considered broadly, as connections of mutual affection but also simply through business relationships. Families are considered in terms of how they helped or hindered local integration for foreigners and the matrimonial strategies they pursued. Networks were also deeply impacted by rivalry and hostility"-- Provided by publisher