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 152
... taken up with an unremitting struggle against the Papacy and the Italian cities of the reconstituted Lombard League , over which , like his father and grandfather before him , he was determined to re - establish control . Of this new ...
... taken up with an unremitting struggle against the Papacy and the Italian cities of the reconstituted Lombard League , over which , like his father and grandfather before him , he was determined to re - establish control . Of this new ...
Side 157
... taken his place among the dimmer members of one of the oldest and most brilliant of Venetian families the election of Renier Zeno early in 1253 seems to have woken the city up again . Zeno had had an eventful , even adventurous , life ...
... taken his place among the dimmer members of one of the oldest and most brilliant of Venetian families the election of Renier Zeno early in 1253 seems to have woken the city up again . Zeno had had an eventful , even adventurous , life ...
Side 421
... taken by storm , the leader of the revolt was publicly beheaded in the main square , and the whole city was given over to five days ' sack , during which the French and German troops fell on the local inhabitants , killing and raping ...
... taken by storm , the leader of the revolt was publicly beheaded in the main square , and the whole city was given over to five days ' sack , during which the French and German troops fell on the local inhabitants , killing and raping ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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