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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... subjects could stand . On 29 June 836 , the feast of St Peter and St Paul , just as he was leaving S. Pietro di Castello after mass , he was seized by some of his own subjects and compelled to abdicate . Then , tonsured and forcibly ...
... subjects could stand . On 29 June 836 , the feast of St Peter and St Paul , just as he was leaving S. Pietro di Castello after mass , he was seized by some of his own subjects and compelled to abdicate . Then , tonsured and forcibly ...
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... subjects , who knew all too well where their money was going . Meanwhile the clergy - always an important political force in Constantinople were scandalized when he began to seize and melt down their church plate and furious when they ...
... subjects , who knew all too well where their money was going . Meanwhile the clergy - always an important political force in Constantinople were scandalized when he began to seize and melt down their church plate and furious when they ...
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... subject to exquisitely calculated systems of checks and balances that made their misuse always difficult and usually ... subjects of the Republic and to protect them from the abuses of personal power ' . This too , despite its sinister ...
... subject to exquisitely calculated systems of checks and balances that made their misuse always difficult and usually ... subjects of the Republic and to protect them from the abuses of personal power ' . This too , despite its sinister ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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