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Parution : Stefan K. Stantchev, Venice, the Ottomans, and the Sea (1381-1517), Oxford University Press, 2025

 

Venice, the Ottomans, and the Sea (1381-1517)

Stefan K. Stantchev

 

 

 

 

 

  • Uses all the major Venetian archival series and narrative sources from 1381 to 1517 in their entirety and thus revises deeply entrenched perceptions of Venetian attitudes and actions.
  • Uses all the major Venetian archival series and narrative sources from 1381 to 1517
  • Studies the development of Venice’s Ottoman trade in the context of both Venice’s commercial economy as a whole as well and Venice’s attitudes towards its ‘colonial’ possessions in the Balkans and the Aegean
  • Complicates the entrenched boundary between medieval and early modern history to offer a broader account of the fluidities of the Mediterranean world across the two periods

The later Middle Ages and the early modern period were important and overlapping historical moments for both Venice and the Ottoman Empire, yet the two—both the periods themselves and the Republic and Empire more generally—have often been considered in isolation. Seeking to understand better this interrelated transition, Venice, the Ottomans, and the Sea offers for the first time an integrated view of trade and sea power that transcends the overworn paradigms of trade—the Ottoman territories as a land of opportunity—and crusade—the Ottomans as a military threat—to uncover the complex interplay between economic structures and political decision making that shaped the period between the end of Venice’s most devastating war with Genoa in 1381 and the Ottoman conquest of Mamluk Egypt in 1517.

Drawing on the full range of available Venetian sources, as well as Ottoman, Genoese, Florentine, and papal materials, the book clarifies the trajectory of Venice’s trade with the Ottomans, the evolution of Venetian defensive measures in the Balkans and of Venetian naval warfare, Venice’s attempt to aid the Byzantine Empire in 1453, the dynamics of the Venetian-Ottoman war of 1463-79, and the interconnections between Venice’s social and political structures and its Italian and Ottoman politics. In so doing, it offers a comprehensive analysis of Venetian-Ottoman relations, ranging from macro to micro scales, and across matters of economic, political, and military history. From a broader Mediterranean perspective, this highlights the intersections of political, social, economic, and technological factors behind accelerated historical change in the late medieval and early modern periods and offers a case study in the ways in which a Mediterranean elite maintained its privileged position over time.

Stefan K. Stantchev, Associate Professor, School of Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies, Arizona State University

Stefan Stantchev earned his doctorate in history at the University of Michigan in 2009 and has since been employed as Assistant Professor (2009-15) and Associate Professor (2015-) at Arizona State University. Stantchev’s research interests focus on the political, religious, and economic factors that shaped human relations throughout the Mediterranean (ca. 1000-ca. 1600). Stantchev prefers to work with voluminous source material, chiefly Venetian and Genoese archival and narrative sources, papal letters, and canon law commentaries. Stantchev’s previous publications include Spiritual Rationality: Papal Embargo as Cultural Practice (Oxford University Press, 2014) as well as book chapters and articles published with Cambridge, Palgrave, and Brill, among others.

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Chargé de diffusion scientifique (8 octobre 2025). Parution : Stefan K. Stantchev, Venice, the Ottomans, and the Sea (1381-1517), Oxford University Press, 2025. IISMM. Consulté le 12 novembre 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/14vmh


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