Title & Author:

Venice : a documentary history, 1450-1630 / edited by David Chambers and Brian Pullan, with Jennifer Fletcher.

Publication:

Oxford [England] ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : B. Blackwell, 1992.

Description:

xxiv, 484 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-459) and index.
Praise of the city of Venice, 1493 -- A pilgrim's impressions, 1480 -- Sansovino on building-materials and techniques -- The English ambassador's notes, 1612 -- The dominions of the Venetian Republic: a report by the Spanish ambassador, c.1618 -- Authority and Government -- 'An Infinitie of Officers': Theory, Description and Panegyric -- Contarini's picture of perfection: the Senate -- The Signoria 'in Pien Collegio' -- The Doge -- Death and election of a Doge noted by a visiting pilgrim, 1462 -- Some restrictive obligations in the promissione of Doge Moro, 1462 -- Publication of the new Doge, 1474: an eyewitness report -- Ceremonial dignity: the Doge's procession -- Elder statesmen: the Procurators of St Mark's -- Watchdogs and public prosecutors: the Avogadori di Comun, 1515 -- The Courts of the Forty -- State security and arbitrary power: the Council of Ten -- 'A very severe magistracy' -- Special duties and official secrecy -- The Great Council: procedure and function -- Order of seating -- Procedure in election of office-holders -- The Chancery -- Florentine admiration for Venice's system of government -- Public spectacle -- The Corpus Christi procession, 1533 -- Temporary architecture for the reception of Henri III, King of France, at the Lido, 1574 -- Defects, Corruption and Adverse Criticism -- Benedetto Dei's invective against Venice, c.1472 -- Radical proposals (c.1500) by an aged patrician (Domenico Morosini) -- Indignities of the Dogeship -- The deposition of Francesco Foscari, 1457.

Summary:

Authority and government - Law, order and social policy - Public and private wealth - Religion - Social orders - Charity and the poor - Foreigners - Cultural life - Learning and literature - Book-publishing - Entertainment - Visual arts - Criticism of the Scuole (scuola) Grandi, the Scuola Grande della Misericordiai_____________

ISBN:

0631163832
9780631163831
0631183035 (pbk.)
9780631183037 (pbk.)

Subject:

Quelle
Venice (Italy) History 697-1508 Sources.
Venice (Italy) History 1508-1797 Sources.
Venise Histoire 697-1508 Sources.
Venise Histoire 1508-1797 Sources.
Venise (Italie) Histoire 697-1508 Sources.
Venise (Italie) Histoire 1508-1797 Sources.
Italy Venice.
Venedig
Venice (Italy) History Turkish Wars, 1453-1571 Sources.
Social life History, 1300-1796
Venice (Italy)

Form/genre:

History.
Sources.

Added entries:

Chambers, David (David Sanderson)
Pullan, Brian S.
Fletcher, Jennifer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 76101
Call No.: ID:92-B414
Status: Available