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City of fortune [electronic resource] : how Venice ruled the seas / Roger Crowley.

By: Crowley, Roger, 1951-.
Contributor(s): OverDrive, Inc.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Random House, c2011Edition: 1st U.S. ed.Description: 1 online resource (xxix, 418 p.) : ill., maps.ISBN: 9780679644262 (electronic bk.); 0679644261 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Venice (Italy) -- History -- 697-1508 | Merchants -- Italy -- Venice -- History | Venice (Italy) -- Economic conditions -- To 1797 | Venice (Italy) -- Commerce -- History | Mediterranean Region -- Commerce -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: City of fortune.DDC classification: r 945 CRO Online resources: Access eNYPL
Contents:
Departure -- 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" -- 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 -- 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 -- Return.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-415) and index.

Departure -- 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" -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.

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