Buy this book on-line Wills, Garry : Venice : Lion City: The Religion of EmpireSimon & Schuster, New York, 2001 ISBN 0684871904
"a rich, colorful, and provocative history of the world's most fascinating city in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, when it was at the peak of its glory. This was not the city of decadence, carnival, and nostalgia familiar to us from later centuries. It was a ruthless imperial city, with a shrewd commercial base, like ancient Athens, which it resembles in its combination of art and sea empire. The structure of Venetian society was based on its distinctive practice of religion: Venice elected its priests, defied the authority of papal Rome, and organized its liturgy around a lay leader (the doge)" 414p+ 16 pages of colour plates.illus, Remainder mark, else as new. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Wills, Garry : Venice : Lion City: The Religion of Empire. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out of print books, atlases, first editions, collectables and livres illustrées. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |