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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... already done with the two surviving scions of the Scaligers - and then , in Padua , deliberately set to work to eliminate every outward sign of Carrara domination . Known friends and distant relations were exiled from the city , and one ...
... already done with the two surviving scions of the Scaligers - and then , in Padua , deliberately set to work to eliminate every outward sign of Carrara domination . Known friends and distant relations were exiled from the city , and one ...
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... already felt the temper of Turkish steel . Venice , however , as always preferring commerce to conquest , had hitherto contrived to remain on friendly terms , and this friendship had been confirmed in a treaty which , as recently as ...
... already felt the temper of Turkish steel . Venice , however , as always preferring commerce to conquest , had hitherto contrived to remain on friendly terms , and this friendship had been confirmed in a treaty which , as recently as ...
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... already found himself confronted with a new problem - the territorial aspirations of Venice . For Venice had seen her chance . Shorn suddenly of her commercial hegemony , bereft of friends or allies , under continual and increasing ...
... already found himself confronted with a new problem - the territorial aspirations of Venice . For Venice had seen her chance . Shorn suddenly of her commercial hegemony , bereft of friends or allies , under continual and increasing ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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