Venice, cità excelentissima : selections from the Renaissance diaries of Marin Sanudo / edited by Patricia H. Labalme and Laura Sanguineti White ; translated by Linda L. Carroll.

Main entry:

Sanudo, Marino, 1466-1536.

Title & Author:

Venice, cità excelentissima : selections from the Renaissance diaries of Marin Sanudo / edited by Patricia H. Labalme and Laura Sanguineti White ; translated by Linda L. Carroll.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.

Description:

xlii, 598 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 553-582) and index.
1. Sanudo on Sanudo -- 2. The Venetians govern -- 3. Crime and justice -- 4. Foreign affairs : war and diplomacy -- 5. Economic networks and institutions -- 6. Society and social life -- 7. Religion and superstition -- 8. Humanism and the arts -- 9. Theater in Venice, Venice as theater.

Summary:

"When Venice was both a center of Renaissance culture and a gathering place for news from around the world. Marin Sanudo tried to write everything down. He was the finest diarist of his time, with a keen eye for the everyday and the monumental alike. Venice, Cita Excelentissima offers a broad and engaging introduction to Sanudo's detailed observations of life in his beloved city and the world it knew. This expertly edited and translated volume offers glimpses of Renaissance life in Venice at a spectacular time. Organized thematically, the selections offer a Venetian's viewpoint of the glories of high culture, the gritty reality and sparkling drama of daily life, the perils of diplomacy and war, and the high-risk ventures of voyages and commerce." "Here, the work of the Renaissance's most assiduous observer is finally given the accessibility it warrants and the merit it is due."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
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ISBN:

9780801887659 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0801887658 (hbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Arts Italy Venice History 16th century.
Arts Italie Venise 16e siècle Histoire.
Essays, journals, letters & other prose works.
Arts
Diplomatic relations
Manners and customs
Venice (Italy) History 1508-1797 Sources.
Italy History 1492-1559 Sources.
Venice (Italy) Foreign relations 1508-1797 Sources.
Venice (Italy) Social life and customs 16th century Sources.
Venise (Italie) Histoire 1508-1797 Sources.
Italie Histoire 1492-1559 Sources.
Venise (Italie) Relations extérieures 1508-1797 Sources.
Italy
Italy Venice
Venetië (stad)
Venice (Italy) Social life and customs 16th century.

Form/genre:

History
Sources

Added entries:

Labalme, Patricia H., editor.
Sanguineti White, Laura, editor.
Carroll, Linda L., translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 262687
Call No.: BIB 193806
Status: Available

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