Venetian Stories

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The Venetian Stories Podcast

The Venetian Stories Podcast is a podcast of stories about Venice, and in particular the History of Venice.

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It is not a chronological narrative, but a series of freestanding episodes from the two millennia of Venetian history.

Chronology is, however, the mother of all History, and she cannot be ignored. Therefore, the first few episodes are a quick-paced chronological narrative of the most important events. Listen to those episodes first, for the background.

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Episode 25 — The Venetian Carnival

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Episode 25 — The Venetian Carnival
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Pigs and bulls lose in the alleyways, wooden castles smashed with maces, human towers and funambulists. The Venetian carnival was quite unlike the modern replica.

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  • Episode 4 — Becoming a state

    Venice appeared as a kind of, but not quite, sovereign polity in the late 700s and 800s. Venetian society, no longer governed directly by Constantinople, nor really independent, had to survive between the two super-powers of their time, Byzantium and the Carolingian Empire.

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  • Episode 3 — The Roman and Byzantine period

    The origins of Venice go back to Roman times, long before there was a Venetian state, and a city called Venice.

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  • Episode 2 — The Long Arc

    The History of Venice spans some two millennia, and in this first episode of the podcast I’ll try to draw some long lines from the very earliest times until the current.

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  • Episode 1 — Introduction

    A brief introduction of the Venetian Stories podcast, and your guide, René Seindal.

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