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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... mainland lives . It was only later that their descendants came to understand that this was not to be . For the Goths were merely the beginning . In 452 they were followed by a new scourge , fiercer and far more cruel - Attila the Hun ...
... mainland lives . It was only later that their descendants came to understand that this was not to be . For the Goths were merely the beginning . In 452 they were followed by a new scourge , fiercer and far more cruel - Attila the Hun ...
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... mainland power . Her major problems were those of frontier security . The recent war had greatly strengthened the position of the Visconti of Milan , who were now more powerful than the Scaligeri had ever been . Admittedly they were a ...
... mainland power . Her major problems were those of frontier security . The recent war had greatly strengthened the position of the Visconti of Milan , who were now more powerful than the Scaligeri had ever been . Admittedly they were a ...
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... mainland territories and commanded in succession by two Malatesta brothers , Carlo and Pandolfo - and in the course of 1411 managed to stem the Hungarian advance . Pippo was back in 1412 with substantial reinforcements , and in June of ...
... mainland territories and commanded in succession by two Malatesta brothers , Carlo and Pandolfo - and in the course of 1411 managed to stem the Hungarian advance . Pippo was back in 1412 with substantial reinforcements , and in June of ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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