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 117
... whole of Europe - the capital , in a very real sense , of Christendom . Her Doge was playing host to the two leaders of the Western world ; his relations with them , if not quite those of an equal , were generally seen to be at least ...
... whole of Europe - the capital , in a very real sense , of Christendom . Her Doge was playing host to the two leaders of the Western world ; his relations with them , if not quite those of an equal , were generally seen to be at least ...
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... whole idea ; that of old Jacopo Querini , who had spent much of his political life fighting Gradenigo and all he stood for but who refused categorically to lend his support to an unconstitutional act of violence . Jacopo , however , was ...
... whole idea ; that of old Jacopo Querini , who had spent much of his political life fighting Gradenigo and all he stood for but who refused categorically to lend his support to an unconstitutional act of violence . Jacopo , however , was ...
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... whole epoch of Venetian - Genoese rivalries and hostilities could be regarded as closed for ever . Venice must reward , as she had promised to reward , those of her citizens who , through generosity , heroism or both , had rendered ...
... whole epoch of Venetian - Genoese rivalries and hostilities could be regarded as closed for ever . Venice must reward , as she had promised to reward , those of her citizens who , through generosity , heroism or both , had rendered ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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