A History of Venice

by NORWICH, JOHN JULIUS

• ISBN13: 9780679721970
• ISBN10: 0679721975
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1989-06-18
• Publisher: Vintage

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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