| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
xxiv, 673 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published in 2 v. as: Venice. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 643-649. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The Barbarian Invasions to the Fourth Crusade -- Beginnings (to 727) -- Emergence (727-811) -- The City Rises Up (811-900) -- The Adventurer and the Saint (900-991) -- The Determined Dynasty (991-1032) -- The Norman Menace (1032-1095) -- In the Wake of the Crusade (1095-1130) -- Between Two Empires (1130-1172) -- Reconciliation (1172-1187) -- The Shameful Glory (1187-1205) -- The Imperial Expansion -- The Latin Empire (1205-1268) -- The Wages of Arrogance (1268-1299) -- The Oligarchs Triumphant (1297-1310) -- The Conspiracy and the Council (1310) -- The Mainland Dominion (1311-1342) -- Andrea Dandolo and Marin Falier (1342-1355) -- Colonies Lost and Held (1355-1376) -- The War with Genoa (1372-1381) -- The Empire Takes Shape (1381-1405) -- A Power in Europe -- The Empire Grows (1405-1413) -- The Prophetic Doge (1413-1423) -- Carmagnola (1423-1432) -- The Mainland Upheaval (1432-1455) -- The Fall of Constantinople (1453) -- The Two Foscari (1453-1457) -- The Ottoman Menace (1457-1481) -- The Ferrara War and the Queen of Cyprus (1481-1488) -- France on the March (1489-1500) -- Double Disaster (1499-1503) -- The League of Cambrai (1503-1509) -- Capitulation and Absolution (1509-1510) -- Shifting Alliances (1510-1513) -- The New Venice (1513-1516) -- The Imperial Triumph (1516-1530) -- Decline and Fall -- Peace (1530-1564) -- The Loss of Cyprus (1564-1570) -- Lepanto (1570-1571) -- The Twilight of the Century (1571-1595) -- The Last Interdict (1595-1607) -- Treason and Plot (1607-1622) -- Zen against the Ten (1623-1631). |
| Subject |
Venice (Italy) -- History.
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| Added Title |
Venice
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Norwich, John Julius, 1929- Venice. History of Venice. 1st American ed. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1982 (OCoLC)565053231 |
| ISBN |
0394524101: $22.95 |
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9780394524108 |
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