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Venice, cità excelentissima : selections from the Renaissance diaries of Marin Sanudo / edited by Patricia H. Labalme and Laura Sanguineti White ; translated by Linda L. Carroll.
Van Pelt Library DG678.22 .S26413 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sanudo, Marino, 1466-1536.
- Standardized Title:
- Diaries. Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Arts.
- History.
- Venice (Italy)--History--1508-1797--Sources.
- Venice (Italy).
- Italy--History--1492-1559--Sources.
- Italy.
- Venice (Italy)--Foreign relations--1508-1797--Sources.
- Venice (Italy)--Social life and customs--16th century.
- Arts--Italy--Venice--History--16th century.
- Italy--Venice.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- xlii, 598 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- When Venice was both a center of Renaissance culture and a gathering place for news from around the world, Marin Sanudo tried to write everything down. He was the finest diarist of his time, with a keen eye for the everyday and the monumental alike. Venice, Cita Excelentissima offers a broad and engaging introduction to Sanudo's detailed observations of life in his beloved city and the world it knew.
- This expertly edited and translated volume offers glimpses of Renaissance life in Venice at a spectacular time. Organized thematically, the selections offer a Venetian's viewpoint of the glories of high culture, the gritty reality and sparkling drama of daily life, the perils of diplomacy and war, and the high-risk ventures of voyages and commerce.
- Here, the work of the Renaissance's most assiduous observer is finally given the accessibility it warrants and the merit it is due.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Marin Sanudo, His Life, His City, and His Diaries xxv
- 1 Sanudo on Sanudo 1
- A Chronicle Is Born
- Witness and Participant
- Savio ai Ordeni
- Sanudo's War
- The Sometime Senator
- The Nonvoyager
- Keeper of the Record
- His Family and Estate
- The Scholar in His Study
- The Historian
- His Last Will and Testament
- 2 The Venetians Govern 49
- Doge Loredan's Decision
- The Doge's Death
- A Doge's Election
- The Duke of Ferrara's Repentance
- The Queen of Hungary's Amusement
- Honoring the Duke of Urbino
- The Duke of Milan's Visit
- Celebrating the Sacred City
- St. Mark and Venice
- The Magistrato alle Acque
- Fortifications
- The Provveditore
- Loyalty to St. Mark's Lion
- Some Paduan Defections
- Troubles in Friuli
- The Magnificent City of Brescia
- 3 Crime and Justice 113
- With Impartial Justice
- Treason
- Murder
- Sexual Crimes
- Counterfeiting
- Electoral Fraud
- Domestic Strife
- Problems of Imprisonment
- Hindrances to Justice
- Privilegium Fori
- Social Clout and Political Expediency
- 4 Foreign Affairs: War and Diplomacy 159
- Pope Alexander and His Family
- Pope Julius
- Rome and the War of the League of Cambrai
- Pope Leo X
- Pope Adrian VI
- Pope Clement VII
- France's Charles VIII and Louis XII
- Francis I
- Emperor Maximilian I
- Holy Roman Empire and Spain
- England
- The Ottoman Turks
- Foreign Diplomats in Venice
- Secretaries
- 5 Economic Networks and Institutions 227
- Sanudo's Experience
- Andrea Gritti
- Banks and Bankers
- Antonio Grimani
- The Arsenal
- Vetor Fausto
- Ships and the Sea
- Pirates and Corsairs
- Shipwreck
- The Pepper Trade
- Gifts for the Sultan
- The Costs of Cambrai
- The Prices of Power
- "Everything is for sale"
- The Fortunes of Alvise Pisani
- 6 Society and Social Life 285
- A Patrician Festa
- A Patrician Wedding
- Fashion, Taste, and Sumptuary Laws
- The Grand Chancellor
- Scuole Grandi
- Scuole Piccole
- Prostitutes and Servants
- Famine and Freeze
- Flood
- Syphilis
- Plague
- Germans
- Greeks
- Jews
- Street Entertainments
- Rialto Fire
- Games of Fortune
- 7 Religion and Superstition 359
- Celebrating a Political Treaty
- Processions for Religious Holidays
- Earthquake and Propitiation
- Plague and Prayers
- Chastity in the Convents
- Miracles and Monachization
- The Church of San Salvador
- A Venetian Saint in the Making
- Spirits in Chioggia
- Witches in Val Camonica
- Lutheran Influences
- Monstrous Births
- 8 Humanism and the Arts 427
- Humanism in Venice
- The Aldine Press
- Public Education in Venice
- The Concern for History
- A Library for San Marco
- The University of Padua
- Literary Figures
- Venetian Artists and Artworks
- Arts, Artists, and Monuments in Rome
- Venice's Public Monuments
- Private Wealth, Private Art, and Public Pride
- 9 Theater in Venice, Venice as Theater 485
- The Patrician Home
- Campi
- Churches
- Floats
- Compagnie della Calza
- Patrician Sponsors
- Citizen Sponsors
- Foreign Groups as Sponsors
- Foreign Performers and Organizers
- Cherea
- Native Actors
- Diplomacy in Play
- Carnival
- The Battle of Pavia
- The Diaries
- Appendix A Money, Wealth, and Wages 541
- Money and Coinage
- A Comparative Scale of Annual Wages and Salaries
- Appendix B Glossary and Terms 545
- Vocabulary Used in the Original
- Governmental Terms
- Weight and Nomenclature for Candles
- Ceremonial Containers
- Fabrics and Garments
- Boats, Ships, and Nautical Terms
- Musical Instruments.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 553-582) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801887659
- 0801887658
- OCLC:
- 144570948
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- Publisher description
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