A History of VeniceKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1982 - 736 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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... Sultan had eliminated the last vestiges of independent Serbia - though the vital bridgehead of Belgrade had been saved through the mili- tary genius of the Hungarian warlord John Hunyadi and was to remain for another half - century in ...
... Sultan had eliminated the last vestiges of independent Serbia - though the vital bridgehead of Belgrade had been saved through the mili- tary genius of the Hungarian warlord John Hunyadi and was to remain for another half - century in ...
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... Sultan's clutches ; he was still doing so with considerable success when , in 1467 , he died , leaving the vital fortress of Croia to Venice . After Skanderbeg's death the prospects looked bleaker than ever . Meh- met had fortunately ...
... Sultan's clutches ; he was still doing so with considerable success when , in 1467 , he died , leaving the vital fortress of Croia to Venice . After Skanderbeg's death the prospects looked bleaker than ever . Meh- met had fortunately ...
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... Sultan considered Cyprus to be historically part of the Ottoman Empire and was determined that it should be his . A day or two later there followed mass arrests of Venetian merchants and seizures of Venetian ships in harbour . Immediate ...
... Sultan considered Cyprus to be historically part of the Ottoman Empire and was determined that it should be his . A day or two later there followed mass arrests of Venetian merchants and seizures of Venetian ships in harbour . Immediate ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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