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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... defend the rights of his fellow - citizens had been a fiasco . It was not , however , the last . - On 31 January ... defended the Guelf cause against the Ghibelline captain , Salinguerra Torelli . Thus , when the city fell to the ...
... defend the rights of his fellow - citizens had been a fiasco . It was not , however , the last . - On 31 January ... defended the Guelf cause against the Ghibelline captain , Salinguerra Torelli . Thus , when the city fell to the ...
Side 262
... defend her interests if they were attacked . But when she did so she defended Europe too . The same sound , if occasionally unscrupulous , statesmanship that enabled Venice to extend her domains in the eastern Mediterranean dictated her ...
... defend her interests if they were attacked . But when she did so she defended Europe too . The same sound , if occasionally unscrupulous , statesmanship that enabled Venice to extend her domains in the eastern Mediterranean dictated her ...
Side 554
... defend the breaches in the walls that the Turkish sappers were regularly opening up . But his arguments went un- heard . As one of France's own historians1 was to put it : - Monsieur de la Feuillade sought only vigorous action and glory ...
... defend the breaches in the walls that the Turkish sappers were regularly opening up . But his arguments went un- heard . As one of France's own historians1 was to put it : - Monsieur de la Feuillade sought only vigorous action and glory ...
Innhold
Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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