Venice from the ground up

Venice from the ground up / James H.S. McGregor.

Venice came to life on spongy mudflats at the edge of the habitable world. Protected in a tidal estuary from barbarian invaders and Byzantine overlords, the fishermen, salt gatherers, and traders who settled there crafted an amphibious way of life unlike anything the Roman Empire had ever known. In...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McGregor, James H. (James Harvey), 1946- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008.
Edition:1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
Series:From the Ground Up Ser.
Subjects:
City planning > Italy > Venice > History.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > Europe > Italy.
City planning
Travel
Venice (Italy) > Description and travel.
Venice (Italy) > History.
Italy > Venice
History
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Table of Contents:
  • The lagoon
  • St. Mark's Basilica
  • Company town
  • State of grace
  • Evangelism on the northern rim
  • State of siege
  • Merchants and mariners
  • The streets of Venice.

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