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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... land ; they had given him a taste for luxury , as well as for an autocracy unfettered by the nicely calculated ... lands in Friuli , the March of Treviso , Adria and the Ferrarese . There was , be it noted , no question of these lands ...
... land ; they had given him a taste for luxury , as well as for an autocracy unfettered by the nicely calculated ... lands in Friuli , the March of Treviso , Adria and the Ferrarese . There was , be it noted , no question of these lands ...
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... Land itself . Only a few years before , such a dream might have appeared fantastic , even absurd ; but the Comneni were gone , and the family of Angelus who now occupied the throne of Constantinople had proved themselves incapable of ...
... Land itself . Only a few years before , such a dream might have appeared fantastic , even absurd ; but the Comneni were gone , and the family of Angelus who now occupied the throne of Constantinople had proved themselves incapable of ...
Side 133
... land walls and those following the line of the Horn , at the extreme north - west corner of the city . It was launched on the morning of Thursday 17 July , simultane- ously from land and sea , with the Venetian ships riding low in the ...
... land walls and those following the line of the Horn , at the extreme north - west corner of the city . It was launched on the morning of Thursday 17 July , simultane- ously from land and sea , with the Venetian ships riding low in the ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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