Enrico Dandolo & the rise of Venice / Thomas F. Madden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madden, Thomas F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dandolo, Enrico, 1108-1205.

Dandolo, Enrico.

Heads of state--Italy--Venice--Biography.

Heads of state.

Venice (Italy)--History--697-1508.

Venice (Italy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Enrico Dandolo and the rise of Venice

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University, 2007, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Culminating with the crisis precipitated by the failure of the Fourth Crusade, Madden's groundbreaking work reveals the extent to which Dandolo and his successors became torn between the anxieties and apprehensions of Venice's citizens and its escalating obligations as a Mediterranean power.

Contents:

Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE: RISE of the NEW FAMILIES; TWO: PATRIARCH ENRICO DANDOLO & the REFORM of the VENETIAN CHURCH; THREE: VITALE DANDOLO & the REFORM of the VENETIAN STATE; FOUR: COMING of AGE, 1175-1192; FIVE: THE MEDIEVAL DOGESHIP & the ELECTION of 1192; SIX: ENRICO DANDOLO'S DOGESHIP: THE FIRST DECADE, 1192-1201; SEVEN: THE CRUCIBLE of the CRUSADE; EIGHT: VENICE & the DIVERSION; NINE: THE CONQUEST of CONSTANTINOPLE; TEN: THE VENETIANS in the LATIN EMPIRE, 1204-1205; EPILOGUE: BIRTH of a MARITIME EMPIRE; APPENDIX: Dandolo Genealogy; Abbreviations; Notes

BibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780801873171

0801873177

9780801891847

0801891841

9781435692190

1435692195

OCLC:

923192847

Publisher Number:

2027/heb08959 hdl