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 176
... fighting was fiercest . The Venetian admiral , Marco Basegio , made the cardinal mistake of underestimating his enemy . Scorning the use of fire - ships , he decided on a direct attack ; but the Genoese square did not break , and in the ...
... fighting was fiercest . The Venetian admiral , Marco Basegio , made the cardinal mistake of underestimating his enemy . Scorning the use of fire - ships , he decided on a direct attack ; but the Genoese square did not break , and in the ...
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... fighting , though now more frequent than ever , were ruthlessly put down by his security police , by the Capi di Contrada1 and by the sinisterly - named Signori di Notte ; and Pietro himself , heedless of public feeling , continued to ...
... fighting , though now more frequent than ever , were ruthlessly put down by his security police , by the Capi di Contrada1 and by the sinisterly - named Signori di Notte ; and Pietro himself , heedless of public feeling , continued to ...
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... fighting men and horses would have to come . But Venice lay over 1,500 miles away across the Mediterranean , much of which was now dominated by the Turks . They , on the other hand , had only fifty miles to sail from ports on the ...
... fighting men and horses would have to come . But Venice lay over 1,500 miles away across the Mediterranean , much of which was now dominated by the Turks . They , on the other hand , had only fifty miles to sail from ports on the ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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