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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Strathern, Paul, 1940- author.     Subjects     Venice (Italy) -- History.     Venice (Italy) -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Strathern, Paul, 1940- author.       by title:      The Venetians [elect...         MARC Display

The Venetians [electronic resource] : a new history : from Marco Polo to Casanova / Paul Strathern. by Strathern, Paul, 1940- author. [Old Saybrook, Conn.] : Tantor Media, [2014] Subjects Venice (Italy) -- History.   Venice (Italy) -- Biography. Electronic Resource http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=5E220029-86FF-42D2-8B37-DC2CAC806A33 This title is available online; click here to access Electronic Resource http://excerpts.contentreserve.com/FormatType-25/1219-1/1541603-TheVenetians.wma Electronic Resource http://excerpts.contentreserve.com/FormatType-425/1219-1/1541603-TheVenetians.mp3 Electronic Resource http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/1219-1/{5E220029-86FF-42D2-8B37-DC2CAC806A33}Img100.jpg ISBN:  9781452619477 (electronic audio bk.) 1452619476 (electronic audio bk.) 9781452699479 (electronic audio bk.) 145269947X (electronic audio bk.) Description:  1 online resource (1 sound file (13 hr., 29 min., 24 sec.)) : digital Edition:  Unabridged. Requests:  0 Summary:  The Republic of Venice was the first great economic, cultural, and naval power of the modern Western world. After winning the struggle for ascendency in the late 13th century, the Republic enjoyed centuries of unprecedented glory and built a trading empire which at its apogee reached as far afield as China, Syria, and West Africa. This golden period only drew to an end with the Republic's eventual surrender to Napoleon. The Venetians illuminates the character of the Republic during these illustrious years by shining a light on some of the most celebrated personalities of European history-Petrarch, Marco Polo, Galileo, Titian, Vivaldi, and Casanova. Frequently, though, these emblems of the city found themselves at odds with the Venetian authorities, who prized stability above all else, and were notoriously suspicious of any "cult of personality." Was this very tension perhaps the engine for the Republic's unprecedented rise? Rich with biographies of some of the most exalted characters who have ever lived, The Venetians is a refreshing and authoritative new look at the history of the most evocative of city-states. Audience:  General adult.   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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