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Seminar Questions
- Why was Venice successful in preserving its republican constitution?
- How was political opposition expressed in Venice between c. 1350 and c. 1650?
- What did rituals contribute to the political life of Venice in this period?
Core Reading
You should each read all three of the following items:
- Chambers, David, and Brian Pullan (eds), Venice: A Documentary History 1450-1630 (Oxford, 1992; rept. Toronto, 2001), pp. 37-84.
- van Gelder, Maartje, '', The Journal of Modern History, 90 (2018): 249-291.
- Viggiano, Alfredo, '', in Eric R. Dursteler (ed.), A Companion to Venetian History 1400-1797 (Leiden, 2013), pp. 47-84. Brill e-book
Documents
Sanudo, Marin, Venice, cit脿 excelentissima: selections from the Renaissance diaries of Marin Sanudo, ed. and trans. Patricia H. Labalme and Laura Sanguineti White (Baltimore, 2008), pp. 49-112, 159-226.
Contarini, Gasparo, , trans. Lewis Lewkenor (London, 1599)
Recommended Further Reading
van Gelder, Maartje, and Claire Judde de Larivi猫re (eds), (London, 2020)
Muir, Edward, (Princeton, NJ, 1981)
Indications for Further Reading
E-resource
- [See also Monique O'Connell, (New York, 2009)]
