Inter-Ethnic Relations and the Functioning of Multi-Ethnic Societies: Cohesion in Multi-Ethnic Societies in Europe from C. 1000 to the Present, II

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The three-volume project Cohesion in Multi-Ethnic Societies in Europe from c.1000 to the Present explores and seeks to find solutions to a crucial problem facing contemporary Europe: in what circumstances can different ethnic groups co-operate for the common good? They apparently did so in the past, combining to form political societies, medieval and early modern duchies, kingdoms, and empires. But did they maintain their ethnic traditions in this process? Did they pass on elements of their cultural memory when they were not in a dominant position in a given polity? The first volume of the project explored written sources about the past to show how communities shaped their collective memories in order to ensure the smooth functioning of multi-ethnic political communities. This second volume looks beyond texts and focuses on activities and events that were designed to build a sense of community within a political community made up of different ethnic groups. The coexistence of different ethnic groups is considered not through the prism of theoretical analyses by intellectual elites, but by following community members' responses to current events as recorded in the sources. Table of Contents List of Illustrations Map 1.1. The Iberian Peninsula in 1195. Source: . Elryck, cc by-sa 4.0. Map 2.1. The Iberian Peninsula in 1195. Source: . Elryck, cc by-sa 4.0. Map 3.1. Muslims in the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries. Source: Maria Filomena Lopes de Barros, Tempos e Espaços de Mouros: A Minoria Muçulmana no Reino Português (Séculos xii a xv) (Lisbon: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Fundação para a Map 4.1. The Iberian Peninsula in 1350. Source: . Elryck, cc by-sa 4.0. Chart 4.1. The chronological distribution of the pontificia corpora through the centuries. Map 5.1. Kingdom of Aragon: Mediterranean Expansion. Source: . Nicolas Eynaud, cc by-sa 3.0. Map 5.2. Crown of Aragon and Kingdom of Sardinia. Source: . Willtron, cc by-sa 3.0. Map 6.1. Silesia 1294–1296. . cc by-sa 2.5. Map 7.1. Poland, Lithuania, and the Teutonic state at the beginning of the fifteenth century. Source: . derivative work: Rowanwindwhistler, cc Map 8.1. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1764. Source: . Mathiasrex, Maciej Szczepańczyk, based on layers of Halibutt, cc by-sa 3.0. Map 9.1. Settlement areas of the Transylvanian Saxons. Source: . cc by-sa 4.0. Map 10.1. Hungary 1490. Source: . cc by-sa 4.0. Map 11.1. The Lithuanian State in the thirteenth–fifteenth centuries. Source: . cc by-sa 2.5. Map 14.1. Subdivisions of the Russian Empire in 1897. Source: . cc by-sa 4.0. Introduction Organizing Violence The Andalusian Urban Elites and the Almoravids in the Upper Border of al-Andalus during the Twelfth Century Shaping Identities in a Common Cultural Background Ethnic and Religious Minorities and the Portuguese Military Orders as Recorded in the Pontificia Corpora (Twelfth to Sixteenth Centuries) Social and Economic Relations between Sardinians and Aragonese in the Twelfth to Fifteenth Centuries How to Live Together? Between Coexistence and Persecution Ethnic-Economic Relations within the Cities of Lublin, Zamość, and Lviv in the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries Economic and Social Aspects of Multi-Ethnic Transylvania during the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries The Dracula and the Others The Medical Marketplace as a Way of Communicating beyond Religion Towns as Areas of Ethnic Communication and Competition A Gift or ‘Poklon dla Pana’ as One of the Ways of Building Social Cohesion Façades of a Multi-Ethnic Empire Polish American Parishes of the Nineteenth to Twenty-First Centuries and their Role in Shaping Polish American Identity and Status Concluding Remarks Index