A companion to Venetian history, 1400-1797 / edited by Eric R. Dursteler.

The field of Venetian studies has experienced a significant expansion in recent years, and the Companion to Venetian History, 1400-1797 provides a single volume overview of the most recent developments. It is organized thematically and covers a range of topics including political culture, economy, r...

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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Brill's companions to European history, v. 4
Brill's Companions to European History 4.
Physical Description:1 online resource (992 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction: A Brief Survey of Histories of Venice / Eric R. Dursteler
  • Venice and Its Surroundings / Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan
  • Politics and Constitution / Alfredo Viggiano
  • The Terraferma State / Michael Knapton
  • Venice’s Maritime Empire in the Early Modern Period / Benjamin Arbel
  • The Venetian Economy / Luciano Pezzolo
  • Industry and Production in the Venetian Terraferma (15th–18th Centuries) / Edoardo Demo
  • Family and Society / Anna Bellavitis
  • Society and the Sexes in the Venetian Republic / Anne Jacobson Schutte
  • Religious Life / Cecilia Cristellon and Seidel Menchi
  • Charity and Confraternities / David D’Andrea
  • Venice and its Minorities / Benjamin Ravid
  • The Anthropology of Venice / Edward Muir
  • Liturgies of Violence: Social Control and Power Relationships in the Republic of Venice between the 16th and 18th Centuries / Claudio Povolo
  • Wayfarers in Wonderland: The Sexual Worlds of Renaissance Venice Revisited / Guido Ruggiero
  • The Venetian Intellectual World / Margaret L. King
  • Venetian Literature and Publishing / Linda L. Carroll
  • Book Publishing and the Circulation of Information / Mario Infelise
  • Education in the Republic of Venice / Paul F. Grendler
  • Science and Medicine in Early Modern Venice / William Eamon
  • Venetian Architecture / Deborah Howard
  • Art in Venice, 1400–1600 / Wolfgang Wolters
  • Venetian Art, 1600–1797 / Massimo Favilla , Ruggero Rugolo and Dulcia Meijers
  • Music in Venice: A Historigraphical Overview / Jonathan Glixon
  • Clothing, Fashion, Dress, and Costume in Venice (c.1450–1650) / Margaret F. Rosenthal
  • Venetian Language / Ronnie Ferguson
  • Appendix One: Venetian Doges 1400–1797
  • Appendix Two: Patriarchs of Grado 1400–1451 and Patriarchs of Venice 1451–1800
  • Index.