by Frederic Chapin Lane · Johns Hopkins University Press · tapa dura · ISBN 9780801814600
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«Venice, A Maritime Republic» is the historical essay by Frederic Chapin Lane published by Johns Hopkins University Press in hardcover (505 pages, in English).
It traces the history of Venice from its origins in the sixth century to its decline: the Crusades, navigation and maritime transport, the Byzantine and Gothic periods, humanism, the Renaissance and the Scuole. It examines the institutions, urban planning and commerce that made the city a symbol of government and communal capitalism.
The work was originally published in 1973 by Johns Hopkins University Press and includes a bibliography on pages 459-484.
For readers interested in the history of Venice, the Mediterranean, maritime commerce and the Italian Renaissance.
