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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811530703321

Autore

Madden Thomas F

Titolo

Enrico Dandolo & the rise of Venice / / Thomas F. Madden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University, 2007, c2003

ISBN

0-8018-7317-7

0-8018-9184-1

1-4356-9219-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Disciplina

945/.3104/092

B

Soggetti

Heads of state - Italy - Venice

Venice (Italy) History 697-1508

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE: RISE of the NEW FAMILIES; TWO: PATRIARCH ENRICO DANDOLO & the REFORM of the VENETIAN CHURCH; THREE: VITALE DANDOLO & the REFORM of the VENETIAN STATE; FOUR: COMING of AGE, 1175-1192; FIVE: THE MEDIEVAL DOGESHIP & the ELECTION of 1192; SIX: ENRICO DANDOLO'S DOGESHIP: THE FIRST DECADE, 1192-1201; SEVEN: THE CRUCIBLE of the CRUSADE; EIGHT: VENICE & the DIVERSION; NINE: THE CONQUEST of CONSTANTINOPLE; TEN: THE VENETIANS in the LATIN EMPIRE, 1204-1205; EPILOGUE: BIRTH of a MARITIME EMPIRE; APPENDIX: Dandolo Genealogy; Abbreviations; Notes

BibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Culminating with the crisis precipitated by the failure of the Fourth Crusade, Madden's groundbreaking work reveals the extent to which Dandolo and his successors became torn between the anxieties and apprehensions of Venice's citizens and its escalating obligations as a Mediterranean power.