A History of VeniceKnopf, 1982 - 673 sider "As comprehensive as it is engaging, John Julius Norwich's A History of Venice is a complete history of "the most beautiful and magical of cities." This necessary volume traces the rise of Venice from its fifth-century origins through 1797 when Napoleon put an end to the thousand-year-old Republic."-- |
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... Cyprus had been held in vassalage to the Sultan of Egypt , to whom the Kingdom was bound to pay an annual tribute of 8,000 ducats , and its direct annexation might well cause her diplomatic complications in that quarter she could ill ...
... Cyprus had been held in vassalage to the Sultan of Egypt , to whom the Kingdom was bound to pay an annual tribute of 8,000 ducats , and its direct annexation might well cause her diplomatic complications in that quarter she could ill ...
Side 464
... Cyprus , which you shall give us willingly or perforce ; and do not awake our horrible sword , for we shall wage most cruel war against you everywhere ; neither put your trust in your treasure , for we shall cause it suddenly to run ...
... Cyprus , which you shall give us willingly or perforce ; and do not awake our horrible sword , for we shall wage most cruel war against you everywhere ; neither put your trust in your treasure , for we shall cause it suddenly to run ...
Side 472
... Cyprus for eighty - one years . Queen Caterina had been replaced by a Venetian governor , with the title of Lieutenant : in him and his two Counsellors - the three together , known as the Rectors , were the Cypriot equivalent of the ...
... Cyprus for eighty - one years . Queen Caterina had been replaced by a Venetian governor , with the title of Lieutenant : in him and his two Counsellors - the three together , known as the Rectors , were the Cypriot equivalent of the ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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