Civic Ritual in Renaissance Venice
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: July 1, 1986
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780691102009
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Social history; Political Science; History - General History; Politics/International Relations; Italy; Europe - Italy; Renaissance; European History; History / Renaissance; History-Europe - Italy; Government - State & Provincial
First sentence: In an act of communal genius, late medieval and Renaissance Venetians intertwined the threads of parochialism, patriotism, and the ideal of la vita civile to weave their own sort of republican, popular piety.