A History of Venice
by NORWICH, JOHN JULIUSFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1989-06-18
Publisher(s): Vintage
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Summary
Traces the rise ot empire of this city from its 5th century beginnings all the way through until 1797 when Napolean put an end to the thousand year-old Republic. 32 pages of black and white photos, 4 maps and charts.
Author Biography
John Julius Norwich is the author of many acclaimed works of history, including A History of Venice, Byzantium, and, most recently, Paradise of Cities: Venice in the 19th Century. He has also written and presented some thirty historical documentaries for BBC Television. Formerly chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund, he now heads the World Monuments Fund in Britain.
Table of Contents
| Illustrations | p. xi |
| Maps | p. xiii |
| Acknowledgements | p. xxii |
| Introduction | p. xxiii |
| The Barbarian Invasions to the Fourth Crusade | |
| Beginnings (to 727) | p. 3 |
| Emergence (727-811) | p. 15 |
| The City Rises Up (811-900) | p. 26 |
| The Adventurer and the Saint (900-991) | p. 39 |
| The Determined Dynasty (991-1032) | p. 49 |
| The Norman Menace (1032-1095) | p. 65 |
| In the Wake of the Crusade (1095-1130) | p. 76 |
| Between Two Empires (1130-1172) | p. 92 |
| Reconciliation (1172-1187) | p. 108 |
| The Shameful Glory (1187-1205) | p. 122 |
| The Imperial Expansion | |
| The Latin Empire (1205-1268) | p. 147 |
| The Wages of Arrogance (1268-1299) | p. 164 |
| The Oligarchs Triumphant (1297-1310) | p. 181 |
| The Conspiracy and the Council (1310) | p. 190 |
| The Mainland Dominion (1311-1342) | p. 200 |
| Andrea Dandolo and Marin Falier (1342-1355) | p. 214 |
| Colonies Lost and Held (1355-1376) | p. 230 |
| The War with Genoa (1372-1381) | p. 243 |
| The Empire Takes Shape (1381-1405) | p. 257 |
| A Power in Europe | |
| The Empire Grows (1405-1413) | p. 279 |
| The Prophetic Doge (1413-1423) | p. 292 |
| Carmagnola (1423-1432) | p. 300 |
| The Mainland Upheaval (1432-1455) | p. 313 |
| The Fall of Constantinople (1453) | p. 325 |
| The Two Foscari (1453-1457) | p. 334 |
| The Ottoman Menace (1457-1481) | p. 342 |
| The Ferrara War and the Queen of Cyprus (1481-1488) | p. 359 |
| France on the March (1489-1500) | p. 369 |
| Double Disaster (1499-1503) | p. 383 |
| The League of Cambrai (1503-1509) | p. 390 |
| Capitulation and Absolution (1509-1510) | p. 403 |
| Shifting Alliances (1510-1513) | p. 414 |
| The New Venice (1513-1516) | p. 427 |
| The Imperial Triumph (1516-1530) | p. 434 |
| Decline and Fall | |
| Peace (1530-1564) | p. 449 |
| The Loss of Cyprus (1564-1570) | p. 464 |
| Lepanto (1570-1571) | p. 481 |
| The Twilight of the Century (1571-1595) | p. 489 |
| The Last Interdict (1595-1607) | p. 506 |
| Treason and Plot (1607-1622) | p. 518 |
| Zen against the Ten (1623-1631) | p. 530 |
| The Cretan War (1631-1670) | p. 542 |
| Morosini and the Morea (1670-1700) | p. 561 |
| Passarowitz and Peace (1700-1718) | p. 575 |
| The Eighteenth Century (1718-1789) | p. 583 |
| The Fall (1789-1797) | p. 605 |
| Epilogue | p. 632 |
| List of Doges | p. 641 |
| Bibliography | p. 643 |
| Index | p. 651 |
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