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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... Venice's very survival , had also a profound effect on the national morale . The treaty was celebrated on St Valentine's Day with a grand tournament on the Piazza , and several of the principal allies , including the Carraras , the ...
... Venice's very survival , had also a profound effect on the national morale . The treaty was celebrated on St Valentine's Day with a grand tournament on the Piazza , and several of the principal allies , including the Carraras , the ...
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... Venice's proposals that she might hold the disputed territory in fief to him , and Venice still insisting on what she considered her historic rights to the coast - without which she could not preserve the security of the Adriatic a ...
... Venice's proposals that she might hold the disputed territory in fief to him , and Venice still insisting on what she considered her historic rights to the coast - without which she could not preserve the security of the Adriatic a ...
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... Venice's political and moral decline by examining its symptoms rather than by recording any day - to - day progress of events . He also finds himself able , more than in any previous chapters , to confine his attention to the domestic ...
... Venice's political and moral decline by examining its symptoms rather than by recording any day - to - day progress of events . He also finds himself able , more than in any previous chapters , to confine his attention to the domestic ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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