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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Side 186
... cause against the Ghibelline captain , Salinguerra Torelli . Thus , when the city fell to the Venetians in 1240 and Salinguerra was taken prisoner , the Este had been the obvious choice to take over the effective government ; and ...
... cause against the Ghibelline captain , Salinguerra Torelli . Thus , when the city fell to the Venetians in 1240 and Salinguerra was taken prisoner , the Este had been the obvious choice to take over the effective government ; and ...
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... cause than her prudence : which will appear to be greater , as we look nearer ; for the effects that proceed from fortune ( if there be any such thing ) are like their cause , unconstant ; but there never happened unto any other Common ...
... cause than her prudence : which will appear to be greater , as we look nearer ; for the effects that proceed from fortune ( if there be any such thing ) are like their cause , unconstant ; but there never happened unto any other Common ...
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... cause as little more than a means of his own self- glorification . He had , however , one last moment of ... caused the rulers of Venice far more real anxiety than any of Zen's accusations . The casus belli , as so often when a prince ...
... cause as little more than a means of his own self- glorification . He had , however , one last moment of ... caused the rulers of Venice far more real anxiety than any of Zen's accusations . The casus belli , as so often when a prince ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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