Title: Venice and the Slavs
First published: 2001
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.
Subjects: Relations, History, Italy, relations, foreign countries, Civilization, 15.70 history of Europe, International relations, Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis), Beeldvorming
Places: Dalmatia (Croatia), Dalmatia, Venice, Italy, Venice (Italy), Croatia
Time periods: 18th century
LC classification: DR1628 .W65 2001