A History of VeniceKnopf, 1982 - 673 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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... Christian army - composed largely of French and Hungarians – under King Sigismund , after its still more disastrous defeat by the Turkish Sultan Bajazet I at Nicopolis . Since then , as we have seen , his activities had been largely ...
... Christian army - composed largely of French and Hungarians – under King Sigismund , after its still more disastrous defeat by the Turkish Sultan Bajazet I at Nicopolis . Since then , as we have seen , his activities had been largely ...
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... Christian line and falling upon it from the rear . This new course led him against the southern end of Don John's squadron , which consisted of a few ships contributed by the Knights of Malta . They fought bravely , but they had no ...
... Christian line and falling upon it from the rear . This new course led him against the southern end of Don John's squadron , which consisted of a few ships contributed by the Knights of Malta . They fought bravely , but they had no ...
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... Christian Europe , the Knights despised trade and commerce . As men of God , bound by the monkish vows of personal poverty , chastity and obedience , they disapproved of Venetian worldliness and love of pleasure . Finally , as men of ...
... Christian Europe , the Knights despised trade and commerce . As men of God , bound by the monkish vows of personal poverty , chastity and obedience , they disapproved of Venetian worldliness and love of pleasure . Finally , as men of ...
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Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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