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The Fashioning of the Humanist Governor at the Dawn of a New Political and Cultural Era: Francesco Barbaro as Podestà of Venetian Vicenza

Renaissance Studies, Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 473-492, September 2025.
Abstract The patrician Francesco Barbaro (1390–1454) is well known for having been both a first‐class humanist and a figurehead of the Venetian government in the new territories of the Stato da Terra. This article explores the pioneering use of humanist culture in the official praises he received during his political career, which helped shape a ...
Clémence Revest
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Bases of interaction between Venetian state and society (the late 12th - beginning of 16th centuries)

Античная древность и средние века, 2019
The article analyzes the problems of formation of Venetian mentality in the middle Ages. Basic principles of the Venetian’s «mental map» had an influence on the social and political model of the Republic of San Marco.
Lev Grigor'yevich Klimanov
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Views from the East: Changing Attitudes to Venice in Late Byzantium

Renaissance Studies, Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 550-570, September 2025.
Abstract This paper explores the changing attitudes towards Venice in late Byzantine texts. It argues that, along with the strengthening of political and cultural ties between Byzantium and Venice, the Byzantines' perspectives evolved from rejection to admiration. As scholars like Demetrios Kydones and Manuel Chrysoloras began to teach Greek in Venice,
Florin Leonte
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Archivi di notai come oggetto politico nelle Alpi dell’età moderna. La comunità di Valle Camonica

JLIS.it, 2019
Notarial archives in the early-modern Alpine region were managed according to an extreme variety of styles. This paper presents the case of a community of the central Italian Alps, set at the north-western borders of the Republic of Venice.
Simone Signaroli
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The Past Requires Reconciliation

The Ecumenical Review, Volume 77, Issue 3-4, Page 205-221, July–October 2025.
Abstract This article presents three cases from the Orthodox Christian past that concern the defence of individuals and religious groups whose views differed from those of the official Orthodox Church. It also highlights the significance of the past in the Orthodox Christian context as a tradition that largely influences the behaviour of Orthodox ...
Petros A. Panagiotopoulos
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State and collective properties between the late middle ages and early modern times: with regards to two recent publications

Reti Medievali Rivista, 2009
This contribution examines the politics of ancient Italian states with regards to collective property by taking as a starting point two recent monographs on this argument (Alessandro Dani’s work on the state of Siena in Medicean times and Stefano ...
Riccardo Rao
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Notarial archives as political objects in the early-modern Alps. The community of Valle Camonica

JLIS.it, 2019
Notarial archives in the early-modern Alpine region were managed according to an extreme variety of styles. This paper presents the case of a community of the central Italian Alps, set at the north-western borders of the Republic of Venice.
Simone Signaroli
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Secreto y monopolio En Venecia: El gremio del vidrio muranés

Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio, 2012
During the Middle Ages, the Republic of Venice developed a strong monopoly on the art of glass until the 17^th century. This social and political control over the guild of glassmakers created a new model of guild based on the ...
Juárez Valero, E.
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Conversion Among the Dragomans and the Language Boys of the Venetian Republic in Istanbul (1596-1709)

Tarih İncelemeleri Dergisi, 2022
Conversion was an event that had social, political and economic dimensions besides being a religious fact for both Muslim Ottoman Empire and Christian Venetian Republic. From a social point of view, the diversion from the existing traditions of society and the peculiar rules that shaped the social morality was an unacceptable situation for the ...
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Banking Between Florence, Venice, Buda and Dalmatia in the Fourteenth Century

Acta Histriae
This article aims to explore the co-development of financial institutions in Venice and Hungary, revealing the close link between diplomacy and government finance.
Katalin Prajda
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