Main entry:

Norwich, John Julius, 1929-2018, author.

Title & Author:

A history of Venice / John Julius Norwich.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1982.
©1982.

Description:

xxiv, 673 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Originally published in 2 volumes as: Venice.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 643-649) and index.
The Barbarian Invasions to the Fourth Crusade -- Beginnings (to 727) -- Emergence (727-811) -- The City Rises Up (811-900) -- The Adventurer and the Saint (900-991) -- The Determined Dynasty (991-1032) -- The Norman Menace (1032-1095) -- In the Wake of the Crusade (1095-1130) -- Between Two Empires (1130-1172) -- Reconciliation (1172-1187) -- The Shameful Glory (1187-1205) -- The Imperial Expansion -- The Latin Empire (1205-1268) -- The Wages of Arrogance (1268-1299) -- The Oligarchs Triumphant (1297-1310) -- The Conspiracy and the Council (1310) -- The Mainland Dominion (1311-1342) -- Andrea Dandolo and Marin Falier (1342-1355) -- Colonies Lost and Held (1355-1376) -- The War with Genoa (1372-1381) -- The Empire Takes Shape (1381-1405) -- A Power in Europe -- The Empire Grows (1405-1413) -- The Prophetic Doge (1413-1423) -- Carmagnola (1423-1432) -- The Mainland Upheaval (1432-1455) -- The Fall of Constantinople (1453) -- The Two Foscari (1453-1457) -- The Ottoman Menace (1457-1481) -- The Ferrara War and the Queen of Cyprus (1481-1488) -- France on the March (1489-1500) -- Double Disaster (1499-1503) -- The League of Cambrai (1503-1509) -- Capitulation and Absolution (1509-1510) -- Shifting Alliances (1510-1513) -- The New Venice (1513-1516) -- The Imperial Triumph (1516-1530) -- Decline and Fall -- Peace (1530-1564) -- The Loss of Cyprus (1564-1570) -- Lepanto (1570-1571) -- The Twilight of the Century (1571-1595) -- The Last Interdict (1595-1607) -- Treason and Plot (1607-1622) -- Zen against the Ten (1623-1631) -- The Cretan War (1631-1670) -- Morosini and the Morea (1670-1700) -- Passarowitz and Peace (1700-1718) -- The Eighteenth Century (1718-1789) -- The Fall (1789-1797).

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0394524101
9780394524108

Subject:

Geschichte
Venice (Italy) History.
Venise (Italie) Histoire.
Italy Venice
Venedig
11030 Italy p1030 Venice to 1797
Venice (Ita ... History

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 36269
Call No.: 9520; ID:88-B7445
Status: Available