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Contents Illustrations Maps Preface and Acknowledgments About the Translation Introduction 1. Sanudo on Sanudo A Chronicle Is Born Witness and Participant Savio ai Ordeni Sanudo's War The Sometime Senator The Non-Voyager Keeper of the Record His Family and Estate The Scholar in His Study The Historian His Last Will and Testament 2. The Venetians Govern Doge Loredan's Decision The Doge's Death A Doge's Election The Duke of Ferrara's Repentance The Queen of Hungary's Amusement Honoring the Duke of Urbino The Duke of Milan's Visit Celebrating the Sacred City St. Mark and Venice The Magistrato alle Acque Fortifications The Proveditore Loyalty to St. Mark's Lion Some Paduans Defections Troubles in Friuli The Magnificent City of Brescia 3. Crime and Justice With Impartial Justice Treason Murder Sexual Crimes Counterfeiting Electoral Fraud Domestic Strife Problems of Imprisonment Hindrances to Justice Privilegium Fori Social Clout and Political Expediency 4. Foreign Affairs: War and Diplomacy Pope Alexander and His Family Pope Julius Rome and the War of the League of Cambrai Pope Leo X Pope Adrian VI Pope Clement VII France's Charles VIII and Louis XII Francis I Emperor Maximilian I Holy Roman Empire and Spain England The Ottoman Turks Foreign Diplomats in Venice Secretaries 5. Economic Networks and Institutions Sanudo's Experience Andrea Gritti Banks and Bankers Antonio Grimani The Arsenal Vetor Fausto Ships and the Sea Pirates and Corsairs Shipwreck The Pepper Trade Gifts for the Sultan The Costs of Cambrai The Prices of Power "Everything Is for Sale" The Fortunes of Alvise Pisani 6. Society and Social Life A Patrician Festa A Patrician Wedding Fashion, Taste, and Sumptuary Laws The Grand Chancellor Scuole Grandi Scuole Piccole Prostitutes and Servants Famine and Freeze Flood Syphilis Plague Germans Greeks Jews and Turks Street Entertainments Rialto Fire Games of Fortune 7. Religion and Superstition Celebrating a Political Treaty Processions for Religious Holidays Earthquake and Propitiation Plague and Prayers Chastity in the Convents Miracles and Monachization The Church of San Salvador A Venetian Saint in the Making Spirits in Chioggia Witches in Val Camonica Lutheran Influences in Venice Monstrous Births 8. Humanism and the Arts Humanism in Venice The Aldine Press Public Education in Venice The Concern for History A Library for San Marco The University of Padua Literary Figures Venetian Artists and Artworks Arts, Artists, and Monuments in Rome Venice's Public Monuments Private Wealth, Private Art, and Public Pride 9. Theater in Venice, Venice as Theater The Patrician Home Campi Churches Floats Compagnie della Calza Patrician Sponsors Citizen Sponsors Foreign Groups as Sponsors Foreign Performers and Organizers Cherea Native Actors Diplomacy in Play Carnival The Battle of Pavia The Diaries Appendix A. Money, Wealth, and Wages Wealth and Wages in Venice Money and Coinage A Comparative Scale of Annual Wages and Salaries Appendix B. Glossary and Terms Vocabulary Used in the Original Governmental Terms Weight and Nomenclature for Candles Ceremonial Containers Materials and Garments Boats, Ships, and Nautical Terms Musical Instruments Bibliography Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Venice (Italy) -- History -- 1508-1797 -- Sources.
Italy -- History -- 1492-1559 -- Sources.
Venice (Italy) -- Foreign relations -- 1508-1797 -- Sources.
Venice (Italy) -- Social life and customs -- 16th century.
Arts -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 16th century.