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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
William H McNeill |
ISBN: | 9780226561547 0226561542 |
OCLC Number: | 811489777 |
Description: | 1 online resource (353 pages) |
Contents: | Preface ; Introduction ; One: The Frankish Thrust into the Levant, 1081-1282 ; Two: Venice as a Great Power, 1282-1481 ; Three: Cultural Interactions, 1282-1481 ; Four: Venice as a Marginal Polity, 1481-1669 ; Five: Venice as a Cultural Metropolis, 1481-1669 ; Six: Venice becomes Archaic and Loses Influences Abroad, 1669-1797 ; Notes ; Register of Names and Places. |
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Chronicles the interactions between Latin Christians and the Orthodox communities of eastern Europe during the period 1081-1797. Focusing on Venice, this title explores the technological, economic, and political bases of Venetian power and the city's status at the frontier between the papal and Orthodox worlds.
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"The book is serious, interesting, occasionally compelling, and always suggestive." - Stanley Chojnacki, American Historical Review "No other historian would have been capable of writing a book as direct, as well informed, and as little weighed down by purple prose as this one. Or as impartial. McNeill has succeeded admirably." - Fernand Braudel, Times Literary Supplement" Read more...
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