Author: Horatio Forbes BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Venice (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Studies in the History of Venice
Author: Horatio Forbes BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Venice (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
History of Venice
Author: Pietro BemboPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674022843
Category : Venice (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Pietro Bembo (1470–1547), a Venetian nobleman, later a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, was a celebrated Latin stylist and was widely admired for his writings in Italian as well. His early dialogue on the subject of love influenced the development of the literary vernacular, as did his Prose della volgar lingua (1525). From 1513 to 1521 he served Pope Leo X as Latin secretary and became known as the leading advocate of Ciceronian Latin in Europe and of the Tuscan dialect within Italy. He was named official historian of Venice in 1529 and began to compose in Latin his continuation of the city's history in twelve books, covering the years from 1487 to 1513. Although the work chronicles internal politics and events, much of it is devoted to the external affairs of Venice, principally conflicts with other European states (France, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, Milan, and the papacy) and with the Turks in the East.
STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF VENICE,.
Author: HORATIO ROBERT FORBES. BROWNPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033637456
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Brief History of Venice
Author: Elizabeth HorodowichPublisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1472107748
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
In this colourful new history of Venice, Elizabeth Horodowich, one of the leading experts on Venice, tells the story of the place from its ancient origins, and its early days as a multicultural trading city where Christians, Jews and Muslims lived together at the crossroads between East and West. She explores the often overlooked role of Venice, alongside Florence and Rome, as one of the principal Renaissance capitals. Now, as the resident population falls and the number of tourists grows, as brash new advertisements disfigure the ancient buildings, she looks at the threat from the rising water level and the future of one of the great wonders of the world.
Venice and History
Author: Frederic Chapin LanePublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421436256
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 661
Book Description
Originally published in 1966. This book collects papers and essays written by historian Frederic C. Lane, who specialized in medieval Venetian history.
Studies in the History of Venice
Author: Horatio BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Venice (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Studies in the History of Venice
Author: Horatio Forbes BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Studies in the History of Venice
Author: Horatio F. BrownVenice
Author: Thomas F. MaddenPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101601132
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
An extraordinary chronicle of Venice, its people, and its grandeur Thomas Madden’s majestic, sprawling history of Venice is the first full portrait of the city in English in almost thirty years. Using long-buried archival material and a wealth of newly translated documents, Madden weaves a spellbinding story of a place and its people, tracing an arc from the city’s humble origins as a lagoon refuge to its apex as a vast maritime empire and Renaissance epicenter to its rebirth as a modern tourist hub. Madden explores all aspects of Venice’s breathtaking achievements: the construction of its unparalleled navy, its role as an economic powerhouse and birthplace of capitalism, its popularization of opera, the stunning architecture of its watery environs, and more. He sets these in the context of the rise and fall of the Byzantine Empire, the endless waves of Crusades to the Holy Land, and the awesome power of Turkish sultans. And perhaps most critically, Madden corrects the stereotype of Shakespeare’s money-lending Shylock that has distorted the Venetian character, uncovering instead a much more complex and fascinating story, peopled by men and women whose ingenuity and deep faith profoundly altered the course of civilization.
Marriage Wars in Late Renaissance Venice
Author: Joanne M. FerraroPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198033110
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Based on a fascinating body of previously unexamined archival material, this book brings to life the lost voices of ordinary Venetians during the age of Catholic revival. Looking at scripts that were brought to the city's ecclesiastical courts by spouses seeking to annul their marriage vows, this book opens up the emotional world of intimacy and conflict, sexuality, and living arrangements that did not fit normative models of marriage.