A History of Venice"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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But he was already past seventy at the time of his election , and in 1178 he decided to withdraw from public life – retiring , as more than one of his predecessors had done before him , to the monastery of S. Giorgio Maggiore .
But he was already past seventy at the time of his election , and in 1178 he decided to withdraw from public life – retiring , as more than one of his predecessors had done before him , to the monastery of S. Giorgio Maggiore .
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The new system of election to the dogeship which they now devised must surely rank among the most complicated ever instituted by a civilized state . It strikes the modern mind as ridiculous , and to some extent it was .
The new system of election to the dogeship which they now devised must surely rank among the most complicated ever instituted by a civilized state . It strikes the modern mind as ridiculous , and to some extent it was .
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a Gregory XI had brought the Papacy back from Avignon to Rome in 1377 , but had died a year later ; and the ensuing election had been tumultuous in the extreme . The Roman populace knew full well that if the French Cardinals and their ...
a Gregory XI had brought the Papacy back from Avignon to Rome in 1377 , but had died a year later ; and the ensuing election had been tumultuous in the extreme . The Roman populace knew full well that if the French Cardinals and their ...
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