Preparations for War in Florence and Venice in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century
Preparations for War in Florence and Venice in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century By Michael Mallett Florence and Venice: Comparisons and…
Venetian Art and the War of the League of Cambrai (1509-17)
Venetian Art and the War of the League of Cambrai (1509-17) By Krystina Stermole PhD Dissertation, Queen’s University, 2007 Abstract: This dissertation explores…
Torquemada, the Inquisition, And the Expulsion of the Jews
Torquemada, the Inquisition, And the Expulsion of the Jews Rush, Timothy EIR Strategic Studies, April 1 (2005) Abstract The essential conflict between Europe and…
The Secret of Venetian Success: Public-order yet Reputation-based Institutions
The Secret of Venetian Success: Public-order yet Reputation-based Institutions de Lara, Yadira González XIV International Economic History Congress, Session 84, Helsinki, July 21 (2006)…
Venice: An Eastern City in the West
Venice had always seen itself as an Eastern city rather than a Western city. The art, architecture and religious customs of medieval and Renaissance Venice all reflect this self-perception
Venetian Colonialism in the Aegean: Sifnos in the Thirteenth Century
Venetian Colonialism in the Aegean: Sifnos in the Thirteenth Century Mahaira-Odoni, Eleni Center for European Studies Working Paper Series #144 (2007) Abstract This paper explores…
The Songs of the Gondolas: Venice and its Lagoon
The beauty of Venice is unrivalled. Cruising along the canals, the passing buildings reveal stories of the past.
The Book of Michael of Rhodes: A Fifteenth-Century Maritime Manuscript
Looking at a book written by a 15th century Venetian mariner
Donor Portraits in Late Medieval Venice c.1280-1413
Although the donor portrait was extremely popular throughout Europe and mainland Italy during the late Middle Ages, the few art historians who have addressed the subject have concluded that the motif was not popular in fourteenth-century Venice.


