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Describing the city, describing the state : representations of Venice and the Venetian Terraferma in the Renaissance / by Sandra Toffolo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Toffolo, Sandra, author.
- Series:
- Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; 221.
- Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; volume 221
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
- History.
- Venice (Italy)--Description and travel.
- Venice (Italy).
- Venice (Italy)--Politics and government--697-1508.
- Venice (Italy)--Historiography.
- Renaissance--Italy--Venice.
- Renaissance.
- Italy--Venice.
- Political geography.
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Italy--Venice--History--To 1500.
- Travelers' writings--History and criticism.
- Travelers' writings.
- Historiography.
- Politics and government.
- Travel.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 332 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Representations of Venice and the Venetian Terraferma in the Renaissance
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
- Summary:
- " 'In Describing the City, Describing the State' Sandra Toffolo presents a comprehensive analysis of descriptions of the city of Venice and the Venetian Terraferma in the Renaissance, when the Venetian mainland state was being created. Focusing on an extensive variety of descriptions, the book demonstrates that no one narrative of Venice prevailed in the early modern European imagination, and that authors continuously adapted geographical descriptions to changing political circumstances. In doing so, it shows the importance of studying geographical representation and early modern state formation together. Moreover, it challenges the long-standing concept of the myth of Venice, by showing that Renaissance observers never saw the city of Venice and the Venetian Terraferma in a monolithic way"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Venice, reigious city
- Venice, centre of material culture
- Venice, seat of an ideal government
- Venice, morally exemplary city
- Venetian views on Venice and the terraferma as a state
- Viewing the Venetian mainland state from the mainland
- Foreign views of the Venetian state
- Conclusion: Venice as city, Venice as state.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Toffolo, Sandra. Describing the city, describing the state
- ISBN:
- 9789004415904
- 9004415904
- OCLC:
- 1157780797
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