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 46
... remained torn by factional strife , with the two principal parties now polarizing themselves each around a leading family and looking respectively to the Eastern and Western Empires for support . On the one side were the Morosini ...
... remained torn by factional strife , with the two principal parties now polarizing themselves each around a leading family and looking respectively to the Eastern and Western Empires for support . On the one side were the Morosini ...
Side 90
... remained at Tyre no longer than the few days necessary to see that the Franks were true to their bargain . It was now two years since he had left Venice . Although the expedition had been an unqualified success , it had lasted long ...
... remained at Tyre no longer than the few days necessary to see that the Franks were true to their bargain . It was now two years since he had left Venice . Although the expedition had been an unqualified success , it had lasted long ...
Side 269
... remained inviolate for close on 1,000 years . No other could boast such wealth or , more important still , such powers of recuperation - powers that enabled her , when her treasury was drained by foreign wars and her economy lay ...
... remained inviolate for close on 1,000 years . No other could boast such wealth or , more important still , such powers of recuperation - powers that enabled her , when her treasury was drained by foreign wars and her economy lay ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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