Log In
Or create an account ->
Imperial Library
Home
About
News
Upload
Forum
Help
Login/SignUp
Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Contents
Maps
Introduction
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
Further Reading
Index
← Prev
Back
Next →
← Prev
Back
Next →