Screen LibraryCity of fortune：how Venice ruled the seas
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Random House,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xxix, 432 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781400068203 (alk. paper) 1400068207 (alk. paper) 9780679644262 (ebook) 0679644261 (ebook) |
| Index Number: | K546 |
| CLC: |
K546.9 F755.469 |
| Call Number: | K546.9/C953 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-415) and index. Prologue: departure -- Part I. Opportunity: Merchant Crusaders, 1000-1204 -- Lords of Dalmatia -- The blind Doge -- Thirty-four thousand marks -- "A dog returning to its vomit" -- At the walls -- Four emperors -- "The works of hell" -- Part II. Ascent: Princes of the Sea, 1204-1500 -- A quarter and half a quarter -- Demand and supply -- "In the jaws of our enemies" -- The flag of Saint Titus -- Bridling Saint Mark -- Fight to the finish -- Stato da Mar -- "Like water in a fountain" -- City of Neptune: the view from 1500 -- Part III. Eclipse: The Rising Moon, 1400-1503 -- The glass ball -- The shield of Christendom -- "If Negroponte is lost" -- Pyramid of fire -- Hands on the throat of Venice -- Epilogue: return. Draws on firsthand accounts of pitched sea battles, skillful negotiations, and diplomatic maneuvers to offer a complete history of Venice's centuries-long reign as a naval power and maritime trading empire. |