Contents
1. REFUGEES ON THE LAGOON:
THE ORIGINS OF VENICE
2. ST. MARK’S REST:
THE BIRTH OF THE CITY OF VENICE, 697–836
3. COMING OF AGE:
INDEPENDENCE, EXPANSION, AND POWER, 836–1094
4. A MERCHANT REPUBLIC IN A FEUDAL AGE:
ECCLESIASTICAL AND POLITICAL REFORM, 1095–1172
5. BETWEEN EMPIRES:
THE PEACE OF VENICE, 1172–1200
6. BIRTH OF A MARITIME EMPIRE:
VENICE AND THE FOURTH CRUSADE
7. MARCO POLO’S VENICE:
PROSPERITY, POWER, AND PIETY IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY
8. THE DISCOVERY OF THE WEST:
WAR, WEALTH, AND REFORM IN THE EARLY FOURTEENTH CENTURY
9. PLAGUE AND TREASON IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
10. FROM VICTORY TO VICTORY:
THE WAR OF CHIOGGIA AND THE BIRTH OF THE MAINLAND EMPIRE
11. DEATH OF A PARENT:
THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE RISE OF THE OTTOMAN TURKS
12. SOWING AND REAPING:
MEDIEVAL VENICE AND THE BIRTH OF MODERN FINANCE
13. THE PERILS OF SUCCESS:
THE APOGEE OF THE VENETIAN EMPIRE
14. MOST SPLENDID AND SERENE:
VENICE AND THE RENAISSANCE
15. FOR GOD AND ST. MARK:
THE WARS AGAINST THE TURKS
16. MASKS, OPERA, AND LOVE:
VENICE THE TOURIST DESTINATION
17. A MEDIEVAL REPUBLIC IN THE MODERN WORLD:
THE UNITED STATES, FRANCE, AND THE FALL OF VENICE
18. A CRISIS OF IDENTITY:
VENICE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
19. WAR, WATER, AND TOURISTS:
VENICE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND BEYOND