Lecture by Hannah Barker, “In Distant Places Among Alien People: Slavery, Friendship, and Tatar-Venetian Relations in the 15th Century”
Dodd Hall 275 Los AngelesGuest Speaker: Hannah Barker (Arizona State University) In 1455, the Venetian patrician Giosafat Barbaro encountered an old friend in surprising circumstances. As a young merchant in the Black Sea port...