Venice, the Most Triumphant City
Author | : George Bull |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Venice (Italy) |
ISBN | : 9789050108829 |
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Author | : George Bull |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Venice (Italy) |
ISBN | : 9789050108829 |
Author | : George Bull |
Publisher | : Michael Joseph |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : G. V. Scammell |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 645 |
Release | : 2018-05-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1351014692 |
In this authoritative study, first published in 1981, Geoffrey Scammell traces the course of European expansion between around 800 and 1650, during which time the world known to western Europeans was enlarged in a way unparalleled before or since. The book takes a broad historical perspective, linking the classic age of European expansion to its medieval antecedents. The Norse reached North America in the tenth century, Italian missionaries and traders were established in China in the high Middle Ages, and during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, in some of the greatest voyages ever made under sail, Iberian explorers crossed the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and established footholds in the Americas, Africa and Asia. This is a stimulating and perceptive study, based on wide-ranging research, which makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the influence of empire on both colonial and metropolitan societies.
Author | : John Davis |
Publisher | : New Word City |
Total Pages | : 195 |
Release | : 2017-05-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1640190678 |
Rarely in history has a great city arisen in a less likely place than the islands and mud flats of the Venetian lagoon. But they provided the city’s founders with a refuge from the barbarians who had invaded their mainland homes. With energy and ingenuity, these displaced people created a maritime empire of unequaled splendor. At its height, the Republic of Venice was said to encompass “one quarter and one half of one quarter” of the known world. During those years, its merchant princess lived more lavishly than many kings. With the discovery of the New World, however, Venice’s trading monopolies were broken. The long, slow decline that followed was protracted and infinitely poignant. Today, the decaying buildings adjoining the Rialto Bridge serve as haunting reminders of the bygone age of La Serenissima, the Most Serene Republic. Here is the dramatic story of the city that was once known as the most beautiful in the world - the bride of the Adriatic and the unchallenged mistress of the Mediterranean.
Author | : Martin Garrett |
Publisher | : Signal Books |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781902669298 |
Martin Garrett explores the extraordinary history, art and architecture of Venice and the islands of the lagoon. Looking at the legacy of the city's Jewish, Greek, Slav and Armenian minorities, he recalls the exploits of such legendary figures as Casanova and Byron. He also assesses the successful struggle to preserve the city in the face of flood and corruption, and its important modern role as host of the Biennale and film festival.MARTIN GARRETT is the author of literary companions to Italy and Greece, and has written or edited a number of works on Renaissance and nineteenth-century writers, including Sidney, Byron and the Brownings
Author | : Margaret Plant |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 2002-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780300083866 |
Margaret Plant presents a wide-ranging cultural history of the city from the fall of the Republic in 1797, until 1997, showing how it has changed and adapted and how perceptions of it have shaped its reality.
Author | : Edmund Flagg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 1853 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Frederic Chapin Lane |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 530 |
Release | : 1973-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780801814600 |
A history of Venice from the earliest times - Crusades - Ships and navigation - Byzantine and Gothics - Humanism - Renaissance - Merchant shipping - Scuole.
Author | : Francis Marion Crawford |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Venice (Italy) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 992 |
Release | : 2013-07-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004252525 |
The field of Venetian studies has experienced a significant expansion in recent years, and the Companion to Venetian History, 1400-1797 provides a single volume overview of the most recent developments. It is organized thematically and covers a range of topics including political culture, economy, religion, gender, art, literature, music, and the environment. Each chapter provides a broad but comprehensive historical and historiographical overview of the current state and future directions of research. The Companion to Venetian History, 1400-1797 represents a new point of reference for the next generation of students of early modern Venetian studies, as well as more broadly for scholars working on all aspects of the early modern world. Contributors are Alfredo Viggiano, Benjamin Arbel, Michael Knapton, Claudio Povolo, Luciano Pezzolo, Anna Bellavitis, Anne Schutte, Guido Ruggiero, Benjamin Ravid, Silvana Seidel Menchi, Cecilia Cristellon, David D’Andrea, Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan, Wolfgang Wolters, Dulcia Meijers, Massimo Favilla, Ruggero Rugolo, Deborah Howard, Linda Carroll, Jonathan Glixon, Paul Grendler, Edward Muir, William Eamon, Edoardo Demo, Margaret King, Mario Infelise, Margaret Rosenthal and Ronnie Ferguson.