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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... political development had thus proceeded on completely different lines from those followed by her sister - cities . They had taken the path of communal government and then , when that had failed , had veered sharply round towards ...
... political development had thus proceeded on completely different lines from those followed by her sister - cities . They had taken the path of communal government and then , when that had failed , had veered sharply round towards ...
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... political life fighting Gradenigo and all he stood for but who refused categorically to lend his support to an unconstitutional act of violence . Jacopo , however , was shortly to leave on a government mission to Con- stantinople ...
... political life fighting Gradenigo and all he stood for but who refused categorically to lend his support to an unconstitutional act of violence . Jacopo , however , was shortly to leave on a government mission to Con- stantinople ...
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... political one . Her duty of doctrinal obedience she did not question ; her political independence , on the other hand , was sacrosanct to her , and could not be set at risk . Besides , as a cosmopolitan city whose very existence was ...
... political one . Her duty of doctrinal obedience she did not question ; her political independence , on the other hand , was sacrosanct to her , and could not be set at risk . Besides , as a cosmopolitan city whose very existence was ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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