Venice : : a new History

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Refugees on the lagoon : the origins of Venice -- St. Mark's rest : the birth of the city of Venice, 697-836 -- Coming of age : independence, expansion, and power, 836-1094 -- A merchant republic in a feudal age : ecclesiastical and political reform, 1095-1172 -- Between empires : the Peace of Venice, 1172-1200 -- Birth of a maritime empire : Venice and the Fourth Crusade -- Marco Polo's Venice : prosperity, power, and piety in the Thirteenth Century -- The discovery of the West : war, wealth, and reform in the early Fourteenth Century -- Plague and treason in the Fourteenth Century -- From victory to victory : the War of Chioggia and the birth of the mainland empire -- Death of a parent : the fall of Constantinople and the rise of the Ottoman Turks -- Sowing and reaping : Medieval Venice and the birth of modern finance -- The perils of success : the apogee of the Venetian Empire -- Most splendid and serene : Venice and the Renaissance -- For God and St. Mark : the wars against the Turks -- Masks, opera, and love : Venice the tourist destination -- A Medieval republic in the modern world : the United States, France, and the fall of Venice -- A crisis of identity : Venice in the Nineteenth Century -- War, water, and tourists : Venice in the Twentieth Century and beyond.

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approachable submitted by rdb78 on June 30, 2014, 10:07am This volume is more approachable than the magisterial and excellent Norwich "A History of Venice", which is not available in the catalog. Good for getting up to speed quickly without all the details.