The Suitability and Integration of Albanians in Venice in the Post-Mediaeval Period

Abstract

By examining the way in which the Albanian minority has settled in Venice, their attitudes, their behavior and how Venice - a city of hospitality - has responded, we have made with this study, a glimpse of the difficulties that the minorities have encountered before facing a foreign culture and society. The pragmatic, Malthusian politics of the Republic of Venice allowed some to become citizens of Venice. But were they completely assimilated? The purpose of this paper is to provide a complete historical panorama of the Albanian cultural identity in the city of Venice in the Post-Medieval period as an important part, where every human being brings with it. Likewise, many Albanian immigrants to Venice came from rural areas and cultural contact was less dominant than that of Muslim, Tatar, or Slavic immigrants. Although in a developed country, Albanians have managed to keep their traditions and customs, passing them on to the second and third generations, thus conserving the linguistic, cultural, and sometimes even religious characteristics that have led to the creation of fraternal associations. In addition to the preservation of the culture of origin, the study also analyzes other cases where many Albanians have completely adapted to the Venetian culture. Adaptability and sometimes even integration have made them the perfect "civis originarius" Venetians.