Venice, a maritime republic
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- ISBN: 0801814456
- ISBN: 9780801814457
- ISBN: 080181460X
- ISBN: 9780801814600
- ISBN: 0810814456
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xiii, 505 pages illustrations 27 cm - Publisher: Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press [1973]
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-484). |
Formatted Contents Note: | The beginning -- The port-city and its population -- The conquest of sea power -- Police and piracy in the Adriatic -- Victories beyond-the-sea and in Romania -- The organization of sea power -- Ships, crews, and the ship's company -- The lordship of the gulf -- The trade of the Levant -- Aristocratic polity -- From dukedom to commune -- The growing structure of the commune -- A reorganization of sea power -- The response to the nautical revolution of the middle ages -- The commercial revolution of the resident merchants -- Craftsmen and seamen -- Triumph by cohesion -- Symptoms of disintegration -- The climax of the struggle with Genoa -- The turn westward -- Arts, sciences, and literature -- Contests for power: the fifteenth century -- Contests for power: the sixteenth century -- The corruption and perfection of the constitution -- The oceanic challenge -- Participants in oceanic discoveries -- The spice trade -- The shifts in other trades -- The expansion of manufactures -- Finance and income from power -- Changing fleets and shipyards -- The peak and passing of the merchant galleys -- The war fleets -- Argosies with portly sails -- A tenacious defense -- Of sovereignty and the constitution -- In a new age of sea power -- The death of the republic -- The completion and preservation of the city. |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Also available via the World Wide Web. Digitized and made available by the History e-book project through the Scholarly Publishing Office of the University of Michigan. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. |
Language Note: | English. |
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Subject: | Venice (Italy) History Venice (Italy) Commerce History Venise (Italie) Histoire Venise (Italie) Commerce Histoire Commerce Italy Venice |
Genre: | History. |
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