Venice, A Maritime Republic / Edition 1

by Frederic Chapin Lane

Overview

Combining engrossing detail and magisterial overview, Venice, A Maritime Republic traces the history of Venice from its origins in the sixth century through its rise and decline as the first modern empire of Europe. "Among the many cities men have made," Frederic C. Lane writes, "Venice stands out as a symbol of beauty, of wise government, and of communally controlled capitalism." Drawing on a lifetime of study and reflection, the author shows how that resplendent city came to have the institutions, the buildings, and the pattern of urban life that make it unique.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801814600
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	11/01/1973
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	587
Sales rank:	658,373
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Frederic C. Lane (1900-1984) was a noted maritime historian of medieval and Renaissance Venice. Among his many books are Venetian Ships and Shipbuilders of the Renaissance and Venice, A Maritime Republic.

Editorial Reviews

Frederic Lane has achieved what is the often unfulfilled dream of every historian who has devoted his entire work to the exploration of partial aspects of a single broad subject: he has given us a comprehensive, thoughtful, readable, beautifully illustrated general history of Venice from the origins to the beginning of decline.
--Speculum

Students now have an analysis of Venice's fortunes over the whole course of its independent history that they can trust . . . A crisp and clearly visualized narrative.
--Times Literary Supplement

The best one-volume history of Venice in any language.
--American Historical Review

An up-to-date and comprehensive history of Venice has long been needed, and Professor Lane, as the doyen of historians of Venice, was the obvious man to supply it.
--J.H. Elliott, New York Review of Books

From the Publisher

An up-to-date and comprehensive history of Venice has long been needed, and Professor Lane, as the doyen of historians of Venice, was the obvious man to supply it.

— J.H. Elliott

New York Review of Books

"Frederic Lane has achieved what is the often unfulfilled dream of every historian who has devoted his entire work to the exploration of partial aspects of a single broad subject: he has given us a comprehensive, thoughtful, readable, beautifully illustrated general history of Venice from the origins to the beginning of decline."

Speculum

"An up-to-date and comprehensive history of Venice has long been needed, and Professor Lane, as the doyen of historians of Venice, was the obvious man to supply it."

New York Review of Books - J.H. Elliott

"The best one-volume history of Venice in any language."

American Historical Review

"Students now have an analysis of Venice's fortunes over the whole course of its independent history that they can trust... A crisp and clearly visualized narrative."

Times Literary Supplement

A vast amount of well-condensed and useful information. —New York Review of Books

J.H. Elliott

J.H.

Elliot

A vast amount of well-condensed and useful information. -- New York Review of Books

J.H. Elliott