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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... Vicenza - two ripe plums ready for the plucking . And so , serious as the situation was , she made no immediate attempt to retaliate . She would wait and see . It was not that Doge Venier and his advisers viewed with equanimity the ...
... Vicenza - two ripe plums ready for the plucking . And so , serious as the situation was , she made no immediate attempt to retaliate . She would wait and see . It was not that Doge Venier and his advisers viewed with equanimity the ...
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... Vicenza . Knowing the internal difficulties of Milan , he seems to have expected little opposition ; but he had reckoned without the Vicen- tines themselves who , having just escaped the clutches of one political adventurer , had no ...
... Vicenza . Knowing the internal difficulties of Milan , he seems to have expected little opposition ; but he had reckoned without the Vicen- tines themselves who , having just escaped the clutches of one political adventurer , had no ...
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... Vicenza in similar style , he was by now growing accustomed to such ceremonies . On this occasion Padua was represented by sixteen of its most distinguished citizens , robed in scarlet , supported by a long procession of their families ...
... Vicenza in similar style , he was by now growing accustomed to such ceremonies . On this occasion Padua was represented by sixteen of its most distinguished citizens , robed in scarlet , supported by a long procession of their families ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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