Italians Abroad
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Dept. of Medieval Studies, Central European Univ.
Organizer Name
Gerhard Jaritz
Organizer Affiliation
Central European Univ.
Presider Name
Gerhard Jaritz
Paper Title 1
Nicholaus, an Italian "Artifex" at the Imperial Burial Church of Lothar III in Königslutter
Presenter 1 Name
Anna Lee Spiro
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Independent Scholar
Paper Title 2
Little Genoa: The First Italian Community in Medieval Poland
Presenter 2 Name
Leslie Carr-Riegel
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Central European Univ.
Paper Title 3
Bianca Maria Sforza: Not the Only Italian in Austria
Presenter 3 Name
Helga Gruber
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit/Univ. Salzburg
Start Date
11-5-2019 3:30 PM
Session Location
Schneider 1245
Description
Members of different Italian communities can be found frequently in other geographical areas of the medieval world: as merchants, artisans, diplomats, preachers, diplomats, officials in the colonies of certain communes, and so on. Sources that offer information about their life and activities there, their positive and negative experiences, success and failure can be found regularly, particularly in late medieval evidence.
The session is not only aimed to present case studies in this respect; it should particularly offer answers to the questions, whether one can recognize patterns with regard to the Italians’ living circumstances abroad, the evaluation of the latter by themselves, and the characterization of these foreigners by residents of the areas where the Italians had come to. By this means, there will be more findings presented than economic, political or religious issues which have been already dealt with frequently. The main focus will rather be put on culture, mode of life, and quotidianity. Gerhard Jaritz
Italians Abroad
Schneider 1245
Members of different Italian communities can be found frequently in other geographical areas of the medieval world: as merchants, artisans, diplomats, preachers, diplomats, officials in the colonies of certain communes, and so on. Sources that offer information about their life and activities there, their positive and negative experiences, success and failure can be found regularly, particularly in late medieval evidence.
The session is not only aimed to present case studies in this respect; it should particularly offer answers to the questions, whether one can recognize patterns with regard to the Italians’ living circumstances abroad, the evaluation of the latter by themselves, and the characterization of these foreigners by residents of the areas where the Italians had come to. By this means, there will be more findings presented than economic, political or religious issues which have been already dealt with frequently. The main focus will rather be put on culture, mode of life, and quotidianity. Gerhard Jaritz