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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... hand . In 1374 the Jews of Mestre had been encouraged to settle in Venice - technically for only five years , but this term was easily extended - and twenty years later few Venetian citizens were not , to a greater or a lesser degree ...
... hand . In 1374 the Jews of Mestre had been encouraged to settle in Venice - technically for only five years , but this term was easily extended - and twenty years later few Venetian citizens were not , to a greater or a lesser degree ...
Side 485
... hand - to - hand ; but , whereas the Christian losses are unlikely to have exceeded 15,000 , the Turks are believed to have lost double that number , excluding the 8,000 who were taken prisoner.1 In addition there was enormous plunder ...
... hand - to - hand ; but , whereas the Christian losses are unlikely to have exceeded 15,000 , the Turks are believed to have lost double that number , excluding the 8,000 who were taken prisoner.1 In addition there was enormous plunder ...
Side 550
... hand , Morosini himself continuing in the thick of it until a Turkish arquebusier managed to steal up behind him and ... hands ; of the other two , Suda had been blockaded from the sea for well over a year and was desperately short of ...
... hand , Morosini himself continuing in the thick of it until a Turkish arquebusier managed to steal up behind him and ... hands ; of the other two , Suda had been blockaded from the sea for well over a year and was desperately short of ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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