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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... century , which attained a level of sophisticated artificiality equalled only , perhaps , by the military life of three hundred years before . ( Casanova and Carma- gnola - who was more out of touch with reality ? Which figure was the ...
... century , which attained a level of sophisticated artificiality equalled only , perhaps , by the military life of three hundred years before . ( Casanova and Carma- gnola - who was more out of touch with reality ? Which figure was the ...
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... century . But this Chamber had already proved to be hopelessly inadequate , 1. At the coronation of John VI Cantacuzenus in 1347 , acute observers noted that the jewels in the imperial diadems were all made of glass . - -- 2. None of ...
... century . But this Chamber had already proved to be hopelessly inadequate , 1. At the coronation of John VI Cantacuzenus in 1347 , acute observers noted that the jewels in the imperial diadems were all made of glass . - -- 2. None of ...
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... century ) , while down on the Molo the great south front of the Doges ' Palace lacked only the canopied balcony at its centre , which bears the date of 1404. This new building ran northward along the Piazzetta as far as the seventh ...
... century ) , while down on the Molo the great south front of the Doges ' Palace lacked only the canopied balcony at its centre , which bears the date of 1404. This new building ran northward along the Piazzetta as far as the seventh ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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