num_pages: 484
description: During the Renaissance, there were two centres of art, culture and mercantile power in Italy: Florence, and Venice. This is a source book of primary materials, almost none previously available in English, for the history of the city-state of Venice. The time period covers the apogee of Venetian power and reputation to the beginnings of its decline in the 1630s. Sources used include diaries, chronicles, Inquisitorial records, literature, legislation, and contemporary descriptions, and are organized in sections by theme and accompanied by brief introductions. Originally published by Basil Blackwell, 1992.
language: English
title: Venice: A Documentary History, 1450-1630
titlecomplete: Venice: A Documentary History, 1450-1630
genres: History, Italy, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 16
places: Venice
publisher: University of Toronto Press