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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... Signoria . Without their super- vision , approval and supporting authority he was powerless to act ; a major- ity of the Signoria might perform his functions in his absence . Unlike them , however - and indeed unlike all other holders ...
... Signoria . Without their super- vision , approval and supporting authority he was powerless to act ; a major- ity of the Signoria might perform his functions in his absence . Unlike them , however - and indeed unlike all other holders ...
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... Signoria , then downward through the Collegio and the Senate to the Great Council . The Ten , however , had always remained apart - an illogical , anomalous body with extraordinary powers which , in an emergency , it could use to cut ...
... Signoria , then downward through the Collegio and the Senate to the Great Council . The Ten , however , had always remained apart - an illogical , anomalous body with extraordinary powers which , in an emergency , it could use to cut ...
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... Signoria had agreed to his sons ' election ; his son the Cardinal had received the bishopric of Bergamo in the days of a previous Doge , when there was consequently no reason to refuse it ; while as for that of Vicenza , he had merely ...
... Signoria had agreed to his sons ' election ; his son the Cardinal had received the bishopric of Bergamo in the days of a previous Doge , when there was consequently no reason to refuse it ; while as for that of Vicenza , he had merely ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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