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HISTORY OF VENICE

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Venice and Constantinople | HISTORY OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

During the 12th century Venetian merchants make excellent use of the exclusive trading privilege granted them in the Byzantine empire, in 1082, for their help against the Normans. But their wealth and arrogance provoke p...

Venice and the Veneto | HISTORY OF ITALY

Venice and the Veneto

While the Venetians are acquiring islands on the route to the Middle East, they also gain control of a large part of the Italian mainland. The first territory to be won is the region adjacent to their own lagoon - the Ve...

Venice and Rome | HISTORY OF ITALY

Venice and Rome

The kingdom of Sardinia has received Lombardy in 1859 by going to war as France's ally. The kingdom of Italy now wins Venetia through a brief alliance with Prussia. The Prussian prime minister Bismarck, in planning war a...

Venice, Genoa and Pisa | HISTORY OF ITALY

Venice, Genoa and Pisa

The first of Italy's medieval cities to prosper are those which grow rich through maritime trade - Venice in the east, Genoa and Pisa in the west. Venice, with the Byzantine empire as its neighbour on the other side of t...

Fourth crusade | THE CRUSADES

Fourth crusade

Inspired by the pope's preachers to set off for the east, a new wave of crusaders makes travel arrangements in Venice in 1201. Their immediate target is Egypt, now thought to be the most vulnerable part of Saladin's empi...

Fourth crusade | HISTORY OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

Fourth crusade

Inspired by the pope's preachers to set off for the east, a new wave of crusaders makes travel arrangements in Venice in 1201. Their immediate target is Egypt, now thought to be the most vulnerable part of Saladin's empi...

Venetian mosaics | HISTORY OF MOSAIC

Venetian mosaics

Venice's long link with Constantinople is evident in the mosaics, in the Byzantine style, for which the islands of the lagoon are famous. The earliest are on Torcello, the first centre of the Venetian state, where the ca...

Sack of Constantinople | THE CRUSADES

Sack of Constantinople

The crusaders camp outside Constantinople while Alexius, as emperor, tries to raise his debt to the Venetians by taxing the citizens and confiscating church property. For nine months growing resentment within the city is...

Sack of Constantinople | HISTORY OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

Sack of Constantinople

The crusaders camp outside Constantinople while Alexius, as emperor, tries to raise his debt to the Venetians by taxing the citizens and confiscating church property. For nine months growing resentment within the city is...

Venice, after being possibly the first | HISTORY OF BANKING

National banks

Venice, after being possibly the first city to found a bank for the keeping of money on safe deposit and the clearing of cheques, is also a pioneer in the involvement of a bank with state finances. In 1617 the Banco Giro...

Printers in Venice later in the | ROMAN AND ITALIC

Roman and italic

Printers in Venice later in the century, attempting to reflect the classical spirit of humanism, turn to the scripts of Bracciolini and Niccoli. The rounded but upright style of Bracciolini is first used by the French pr...

Printers in Venice later in the | HISTORY OF WRITING

Roman and italic

Printers in Venice later in the century, attempting to reflect the classical spirit of humanism, turn to the scripts of Bracciolini and Niccoli. The rounded but upright style of Bracciolini is first used by the French pr...

Printers in Venice later in the | HISTORY OF THE RENAISSANCE

Roman and italic

Printers in Venice later in the century, attempting to reflect the classical spirit of humanism, turn to the scripts of Bracciolini and Niccoli. The rounded but upright style of Bracciolini is first used by the French pr...

In the last century of Venice's | HISTORY OF PAINTING

Venetian sunset

In the last century of Venice's independence the city's painters recover the esteem enjoyed by their predecessors in the 16th century. This is true in particular of the last great artist to work in fresco.

Giovann...

In the last century of Venice's | HISTORY OF ITALIAN ART

Venetian sunset

In the last century of Venice's independence the city's painters recover the esteem enjoyed by their predecessors in the 16th century. This is true in particular of the last great artist to work in fresco.

Giovann...

In 1475 a Sicilian painter, Antonello | HISTORY OF PAINTING

Venetian painting

In 1475 a Sicilian painter, Antonello da Messina, arrives in Venice, where he spends about eighteen months. He is expert in the northern technique of oil painting, and the rich glowing quality of his work greatly impress...

In 1475 a Sicilian painter, Antonello | HISTORY OF ITALIAN ART

Venetian painting

In 1475 a Sicilian painter, Antonello da Messina, arrives in Venice, where he spends about eighteen months. He is expert in the northern technique of oil painting, and the rich glowing quality of his work greatly impress...

In 1475 a Sicilian painter, Antonello | HISTORY OF THE RENAISSANCE

Venetian painting

In 1475 a Sicilian painter, Antonello da Messina, arrives in Venice, where he spends about eighteen months. He is expert in the northern technique of oil painting, and the rich glowing quality of his work greatly impress...

From the 1470s, when Nicolas Jenson | HISTORY OF COMMUNICATION

The spread of printing

From the 1470s, when Nicolas Jenson establishes a press there, Venice becomes a city known for the quality of its printing. Its preeminence in the field is firmly established by the end of the century through the publica...

From the 1470s, when Nicolas Jenson | HISTORY OF PRINTING

The spread of printing

From the 1470s, when Nicolas Jenson establishes a press there, Venice becomes a city known for the quality of its printing. Its preeminence in the field is firmly established by the end of the century through the publica...

In 1587 the Banco della Piazza | HISTORY OF BANKING

Banks and cheques

In 1587 the Banco della Piazza di Rialto is opened in Venice as a state initiative. Its purpose it to carry out the important function of holding merchants' funds on safe deposit, and enabling financial transactions in V...

During the 15th century, the great | HISTORY OF PAINTING

Venetian painting

During the 15th century, the great formative period of the Italian Renaissance, Venice lags far behind Florence and Rome in responding to the spirit of the time. The reason is partly the long centuries of Byzantine influ...

During the 15th century, the great | HISTORY OF ITALIAN ART

Venetian painting

During the 15th century, the great formative period of the Italian Renaissance, Venice lags far behind Florence and Rome in responding to the spirit of the time. The reason is partly the long centuries of Byzantine influ...

During the 15th century, the great | HISTORY OF THE RENAISSANCE

Venetian painting

During the 15th century, the great formative period of the Italian Renaissance, Venice lags far behind Florence and Rome in responding to the spirit of the time. The reason is partly the long centuries of Byzantine influ...