CONTRIBUTORS
Benjamin Arbel (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1982) is professor
emeritus at the Department of History of Tel Aviv University. His studies
encompass various aspects of the early modern Mediterranean, with spe-
cial emphasis on the Venetian presence in this region, as well as animal
history. Among his many publications, his most recent include Venetian
Letters (1354–1512) from the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation and other
Cypriot Collections (Nicosia, 2007); Human Beings and other Animals in
Historical Perspective (Jerusalem, 2007, in Hebrew); Minorities in Colonial
Settings: The Jews in Venice’s Hellenic Territories (15th–18th Centuries) (Lon-
don, 2012); and (with E. Chayes and H. Hendrix) Cyprus and the Renais-
sance (Turnhout, 2013).
Anna Bellavitis (EHESS, Paris, 1996), is full professor of early modern his-
tory at the University of Rouen (France). She is a specialist in the history
of Venetian society, and in family and gender history. Her publications
include Famille, genre, transmission à Venise au XVIe siècle (Rome, 2008)
and Identité, mariage, mobilité sociale. Citoyennes et citoyens à Venise au
XVIe siècle (Rome, 2001). She is working on a project on apprenticeship
and women’s work in early modern Venice and is preparing a book in
Italian on women’s work in early modern European cities.
Linda L. Carroll (Harvard University, 1977) is professor of Italian at Tulane
University. She is a specialist in the history of the dialects and literatures
of the Veneto region; her publications include an edition and translation
of Angelo Beolco (Il Ruzante), La prima oratione (London, 2009) and Ven-
ice, Cità Excelentissima: Selections from the Renaissance Diaries of Marin
Sanudo, edited by Patricia H. Labalme and Laura Sanguineti White, trans-
lated by Linda L. Carroll (Baltimore, 2008). She is currently working on a
monographic study of the political and cultural interests shared by Angelo
Beolco and his Venetian patrician supporters and on an edition/transla-
tion of Beolco’s works.
Cecilia Cristellon (European University Institute, 2005) is research fellow
in early modern history at the Deutsche Historische Institut in Rom and
visiting lecturer at the Goethe Universität in Frankfurt am Main. She is a