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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... Finally the young man was captured , narrowly escaping with his life ; it was only thanks to his father's intercession with the judicial authorities that his sentence was commuted to one of perpetual banishment . Thus it was that he was ...
... Finally the young man was captured , narrowly escaping with his life ; it was only thanks to his father's intercession with the judicial authorities that his sentence was commuted to one of perpetual banishment . Thus it was that he was ...
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... finally , would involve a welcome postponement of the Egyptian expedi- tion . The Crusading army proved readier to accept the change of plan than might have been expected . A few refused outright and set off for Palestine on their own ...
... finally , would involve a welcome postponement of the Egyptian expedi- tion . The Crusading army proved readier to accept the change of plan than might have been expected . A few refused outright and set off for Palestine on their own ...
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... finally , after a brief negotiation with Boniface , the all - important island of Crete . - Thus it emerges beyond all doubt that it was the Venetians , rather than the French or Flemings or even Baldwin himself , who remained little ...
... finally , after a brief negotiation with Boniface , the all - important island of Crete . - Thus it emerges beyond all doubt that it was the Venetians , rather than the French or Flemings or even Baldwin himself , who remained little ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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