This collection of seven essays deals with the complex and often uneasy relationship which developed between Jews and Venetians, as they struggled to cope with the changing realities of the 16th-century Mediterranean world. The essays explore aspects of Mediterranean history such as: the involvement of Venetians and Jews in the international maritime trade; Venetian attitudes towards Jews; and the impact of Venetian Ottoman contention on the relationship between Jews and Venetians. This study aims to provide new perspectives on the history of 16th-century Venice, on the social and economic history of the Jews and on the history of the Ottoman Empire in its prime.