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Migration in early modern Venice

In this video Rosa Salzberg discusses the impact of different migrations upon the city of Venice in the sixteenth century

Rosa Salzberg, University of Warwick (UK) and European University Institute (Italy) discusses the impact of immigration on the city of Venice during the sixteenth century.

We asked Rosa the following questions:

Why is Renaissance Venice an important case study for the history of cities and migration?

Why was migration a big issue at this time?

How did migration change the city at ‘street level’ in this period?

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