Venice and the Slavs
Subtitle: the discovery of Dalmatia in the Age of Enlightenment
By: Larry Wolff.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
Subjects: Dalmatia (Croatia) -- History -- 18th century; Venice (Italy) -- Relations -- Croatia -- Dalmatia; Dalmatia (Croatia) -- Relations -- Italy -- Venice
Description: "This book studies the nature of Venetian rule over the Slavs of Dalmatia during the eighteenth century, focusing on the cultural elaboration of an ideology of empire that was based on a civilizing mission toward the Slavs.

The book argues that the Enlightenment within the "Adriatic Empire" of Venice was deeply concerned with exploring the economic and social dimensions of backwardness in Dalmatia, in accordance with the evolving distinction between "Western Europe" and "Eastern Europe" across the continent. It further argues that the primitivism attributed to Dalmatians by the Venetian Enlightenment was fundamental to the European intellectual discovery of the Slavs."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-391) and index.