{"description":"There is nowhere in the world like Venice. With a history as remarkable as its beauty, millions explore the canals, palazzi \u2013 and its greatest shame.\nWith the city corner where its Jews were exiled, Venice gave the world the word ghetto. But when it came to culture the ghetto walls were porous, as European Jews and Christians entered modernity together.\nFestival favourite Harry Freedman returns with the remarkable story from the ghetto\u2019s creation in 1516 to the city\u2019s capture by Napoleon in 1798. And no history of Venice and its Jews can avoid Shylock. Would real-life contemporaries have recognised him, devoid of the interfaith revival they experienced? And what did Shakespeare really think of him? In conversation with acclaimed historian David Abulafia.","height":1080,"html":"<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://skiv.com/embed/Dmwm6Sv\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"fullscreen\" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>","provider_name":"Skiv","provider_url":"https://skiv.com","thumbnail_height":198,"thumbnail_url":"https://cdn.skiv.com/u/MkG8VMM/3bcdac6a6ad5c5c674f627895efb7ab0197654c522b3f99e7788ffae0fff3d822/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg","thumbnail_width":352,"title":"Shylock\u2019s Venice","type":"video","url":"https://skiv.com/v/Dmwm6Sv","version":"1.0","width":1920}