Books by John Rigby Hale
“Venice, in many ways, was not what we want it to be, the exception, the extraordinary, the almost mythical oriental, fairy tale entity in the sea. In many ways it’s just a state acting as early modern states did, doing the stuff early modern states have to do—bloody, boring, financial, military things.” Read more...
The best books on The Venetian Empire
Georg Christ, Historian
Interviews where books by John Rigby Hale were recommended
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Venice: A Documentary History 1450-1630
by Brian Pullan & David Chambers -
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The Military Organization of a Renaissance State: Venice 1400-1617
by John Rigby Hale & Michael E. Mallett -
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Venice: A Maritime Republic
by Frederic Chapin Lane -
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Venice: the Hinge of Europe
by William McNeill -
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The Venetian Empire: A Sea Voyage
by Jan Morris
The best books on The Venetian Empire, recommended by Georg Christ
The best books on The Venetian Empire, recommended by Georg Christ
The Venetian Republic was one of the mightiest empires of early modern Europe, with its Terraferma dominions on land and a maritime empire, the Stato da Màr, that stretched across the Mediterranean. Its unique strength lay in long-distance trade and, as historian Georg Christ explains, in some ways, it resembled a company more than a state. Here, he recommends books to better understand the Venetian empire, what it was and how it grew.
