Venice, the remarkable history of the lagoon city, Dennis Romano
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Label
Venice, the remarkable history of the lagoon city, Dennis Romano
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
platesillustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Venice
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1374422993
Responsibility statement
Dennis Romano
Sub title
the remarkable history of the lagoon city
Summary
"No city stirs the imagination more than Venice. From the richly ornamented palaces emerging from the waters of the Grand Canal to the dazzling sites of Piazza San Marco, visitors and residents alike sense they are entering, as fourteenth-century poet Petrarch remarked, "another world." During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Venice was celebrated as a model republic in an age of monarchs. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it became famous for its freewheeling lifestyle characterized by courtesans, casinos, and Carnival"--, Provided by publisher
Table of contents
Before Venice -- To Rialto -- Ducal Venice -- Between empires and beyond-the-sea -- From ducal to communal rule -- The Fourth Crusade and the creation of a Mediterranean Empire -- Society and politics in the thirteenth century -- The consolidation of the Patrician regime -- Calamity and survival -- The early Renaissance and the turn toward Italy -- Taming the lion -- The industrial and ceremonial city -- Late Renaissance Venetian society -- Roman Venice and the end of the Renaissance -- The transformative seventeenth century -- Reform, revolution, and the end of the Republic -- Austrian Venice -- Italian Venice, 1860-1920 -- Fascist and Cold War Venice -- Global Venice