Tag: 1400s
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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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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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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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Episode 7 — Changing geography
The 1400s and 1500s were centuries of enormous change for Venice, and for the rest of the world. The changing geography moved Venice from a central position in European trade to the margins.
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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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However, we’ll make another
In the late Venetian republic, when the doge died, they held the funeral for a statue.
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The Venetian constitution
The constitution of the Republic of Venice never really existed. The Venetian nobility just made it up as they went.