Stones of Venice (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781544682020)

The state of Venice existed Thirteen Hundred and Seventy-six years, from the first establishment of a consular government on the island of the Rialto, Footnote: Appendix I., "Foundations of Venice."] to the moment when the General-in-chief of the French army of Italy pronounced the Venetian republic a thing of the past. Of this period, Two Hundred and Seventy-six years Footnote: Appendix II., "Power of the Doges."] were passed in a nominal subjection to the cities of old Venetia, especially to Padua, and in an agitated form of democracy, of which the executive appears to have been entrusted to tribunes, Footnote: Sismondi, Hist. des R p. Ital., vol. i. ch. v.] chosen, one by the inhabitants of each of the principal islands. For six hundred years, Footnote: Appendix III., "Serrar del Consiglio.

Author: John Ruskin
ISBN-10: 1544682026
ISBN-13: 9781544682020
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/26/2017
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d