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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Side 119
... 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 mon- astery of S. Giorgio Maggiore . There he died soon afterwards , and was later ...
... 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 mon- astery of S. Giorgio Maggiore . There he died soon afterwards , and was later ...
Side 166
... 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 . But it is worth setting down in ...
... 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 . But it is worth setting down in ...
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... election had been tumultuous in the extreme . The Roman populace knew full well that if the French Cardi- nals and their supporters had their way , they and their successful candidate would return to Avignon , probably for good . In ...
... election had been tumultuous in the extreme . The Roman populace knew full well that if the French Cardi- nals and their supporters had their way , they and their successful candidate would return to Avignon , probably for good . In ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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