Humber Lecture: Empire, Commerce, and Faith in the Venetian-Ottoman Borderlands

Venetian-Ottoman borders were crisscrossed by spies, renegades, engineers, missionaries, mercenaries, and merchants. In this lecture Monique O’Connell explores the complexities of the Venetian-Ottoman relationship in the early modern era, balancing commercial exchange with imperial competition and religious differences.

Image: Petros Baronyan (al-Barun al-Mukhtari), Qibla (Mecca indicator) finder panel with case, 1738, ink and tempera on paper glued on wood, framed in painted wood, H. 33.9 × W. 32.7 × D. 2.6 in. (open), H. 30.1 × W. 14.2 × D. 1.6 in. (qibla dimensions), Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia – Museo Correr, Cl. XXIX n. 0053