City of fortune : how Venice ruled the seas / Roger Crowley.
Crowley, Roger, 1951-
2011
DG677 .C76 2011 (Mapit)
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Title City of fortune : how Venice ruled the seas / Roger Crowley.
Author Crowley, Roger, 1951-
Edition 1st U.S. ed.
ISBN 9781400068203 (alk. paper)
1400068207 (alk. paper)
Imprint New York : Random House, c2011.
Language English
Description xxix, 432 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number DG677 .C76 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 945/.31103
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-415) and index.
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Prologue: departure
Part I. 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"
Part II. Ascent: 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
Part III. Eclipse: 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
Epilogue: return.

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