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Made up of both material and symbolic elements, the urban space is always dynamic and transitional; it brings together or separates the past and the present, the public and the private, the center and the periphery. The present volume focuses on the interaction between the social processes and spatial forms that shape the identity of Italian cities. Using both canonical and less well-known texts along with cultural artifacts, the essays in the volume deprovincialize the Italian city, interpreting the material and symbolic practices that have made it into a unique entity whose enduring influence extends far outside Italy.

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- The Formation of Ottoman Turkish Identity (Fourteenth to Seventeenth Centuries) -- The Ottomans and the Mental Conquest of Hungary -- The Library of the Müfti of Buda in the Marsili Collection, Bologna -- Count László Esterházy: The Military Career of a Young West Transdanubian Aristocrat -- "True Hungarian Blood": Noble Nationalism in the Post-1657 Crisis in Transylvania -- The Image of Ottoman Hungary in Bosnian Heroic Epics -- Marriage and Voluntary Conversions in the Hungarian–Ottoman Frontier Region -- The Rise and Fall of a Notorious Renegade: The Story of Sásvár/Şehsuvar Bey, 1580 -- Fate of the Liturgical Equipment of Late Medieval Cathedrals in Hungary in the Early Modern Age -- Ottoman-Balkan Jewellery in Ottoman Hungary: Typology and Spread -- Fashion à la Porte. Was There a Turkish Fashion Trend in Hungarian Aristocratic Homes During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries? -- The Fight Against the Ottomans in Hungary and the Court Festivals of the Habsburgs in the Sixteenth Century -- From the Turkish Pipes to the Hungarian töröksíp -- Teucri Sive Turci: History of an Ideologically Laden Designation in Fifteenth-Century Latin Works -- The Captivity of Mihály Szilágyi and the Love of the Princess: Evaluating Parallels Between a Hungarian and an Ottoman Turkish Romance -- Vestigia barbarae gentis: Mátyás Bél on Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Hungary -- Index of Names and Places

Contemporary discourse about human affairs is largely grounded in the specific historical experience and interests of a few dominant societies. This poses an important challenge to all those who urge that we need to adopt a global perspective on modern political life, whether in terms of international relations, comparative and developmental politi

This edited collection analyzes dialectically the role of digital technology in contemporary society. The contributors identify the cultural logics and oppressive forces reproduced in the digital era and challenge celebratory readings of digital technology.