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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... Venetian fleet . Yet even this was problematical . Although Minotto seems to have promised the Emperor that a fleet would be sent , he had no real justifica- tion for doing so since he had not , so far as we can tell , been informed of ...
... Venetian fleet . Yet even this was problematical . Although Minotto seems to have promised the Emperor that a fleet would be sent , he had no real justifica- tion for doing so since he had not , so far as we can tell , been informed of ...
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... Venetian relief fleet ? The explana- tion is to be found in the records of the Senate , from which it emerges that Giacomo Loredan , the Captain - General , received his sailing orders only on 7 May ; and since these were added to on ...
... Venetian relief fleet ? The explana- tion is to be found in the records of the Senate , from which it emerges that Giacomo Loredan , the Captain - General , received his sailing orders only on 7 May ; and since these were added to on ...
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... Venetian fleet for Messina , the Turks had by now entered the Adriatic in strength ; landings in Corfu and in Dalmatia had aroused in- creasing fears in Venice of a sudden invasion which would find the city almost without defence . At ...
... Venetian fleet for Messina , the Turks had by now entered the Adriatic in strength ; landings in Corfu and in Dalmatia had aroused in- creasing fears in Venice of a sudden invasion which would find the city almost without defence . At ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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