Venice : a new history / Thomas F. Madden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madden, Thomas F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Venice (Italy)--History.

Venice (Italy).

Physical Description:

xi, 446 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Viking, 2012.

Summary:

Accessible to anyone with an interest in Venice and the product of over two decades of research and study, this popular history details the varied and important roles of Venice throughout the centuries, from its inception in middle of the fifth century to its present-day incarnation. Madden (history and medieval and renaissance studies, St. Louis U.) presents a finely-wrought history of a city known for its beauty, as the birthplace of modern capitalism and the world's oldest republic. With special attention to the people of Venice, Madden explores the city's assorted expansions and falls, its varied religious history, times of both peace and unrest, wealth and poverty and reforms, and its life as a tourist destination in recent centuries. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780670025428

0670025429

OCLC:

778827624