Cultural Exchange in Early Modern Europe Monter Calabi Christensen Volume 2

Cultural Exchange in Early Modern EuropeAuthor(s): Donatella Calabi, Stephen Turk Christensen, Robert Muchembled, William Monter\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521845472, 978-0521845472\nSynopsis\nAs 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,.