Venetian Stories podcast

Tag: 1300s

Episode 18 — Venice and the plague – part 2

Without a cure for the plague, the only way forward was prevention, and during the 1400s, Venice figured out how to govern the plague.
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October 1, 2025
Episode 17 — Venice and the plague – part 1

The plague arrived in Venice in 1348, but what is the plague, and how did our ancestors understand it?
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September 10, 2025
Episode 12 — Some institutions of the Republic of Venice

The story of Bianca Cappello tells us something about the institutions of the Republic of Venice, the agility of its government, and of early modern diplomacy.
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July 2, 2025
Episode 6 — Wealth, power and empire

Conquest, empire, naval battles, conspiracies, insurrections. The 1200s and 1300s were interesting times for Venice.
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March 26, 2025
Slavery in Venice

Slavery existed in Venice throughout the history of the republic, and the Venetian profited from the lucrative trade.
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September 24, 2024
The Venetian constitution

The constitution of the Republic of Venice never really existed. The Venetian nobility just made it up as they went.
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April 9, 2024