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SUMMARY:Religious Diversity in the Early Modern Balkans: Jewish Otherness 
 and Catholic Confession-Building from Venetian Dalmatia to Ottoman Bulgari
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DTSTART:20250701T100000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Lena Sadovski (Austrian Academy of Sciences)\n\nThis lectu
 re explores the religious diversity and interreligious dynamics in Southea
 stern Europe between the 15th and the 18th century. The Balkans have long 
 been – and continue to be – a region marked by profound complexity in 
 terms of politics\, language\, ethnicity\, and religion. This diversity wi
 ll be illustrated through two case studies\, drawing on an extensive range
  of archival materials from Venice\, Zadar\, the Vatican Apostolic Archive
 \, and the archives of Propaganda Fide and the Inquisition. We will see ho
 w Jewish otherness persisted in Venetian Dalmatia – and how it could be 
 weaponized – despite conversion and deep integration into the local Cath
 olic society. Moving from west to east\, the second case study addresses t
 he Catholics in Ottoman Bulgaria\, who lived under Muslim rule within a ma
 jority Orthodox Christian society. Here\, we will investigate how the miss
 ionaries attempted to enforce ‘correct’ Catholic beliefs and practices
  when confronted with ‘schismatic’ or ‘pagan’ rituals such as anim
 al sacrifice. Ultimately\, the talk will highlight the everyday significan
 ce of religion and religious identity in these diverse and contested space
 s.\n\n 
LOCATION:CERES-Palais\, Raum "Ruhrpott" (4.13)
URL:https://ceres.rub.de/de/events/Religious_Diversity_Modern_Balkans/
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