The Venetians: A New History: from Marco Polo to Casanova by Paul Strathern

Author:Paul Strathern [Strathern, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Italy, Nonfiction
ISBN: 978-1605984896
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2014-10-23T04:00:00+00:00

* It has been pointed out that this quote from The Prince (Chapter 12) is of course a wild exaggeration where Venice’s mainland territories are concerned. As we have seen, the larger part of these territories constituted a comparatively recent acquisition. It is usually understood that Machiavelli was in fact identifying the European territory as the significant part of the Venetian Empire, whose overall territories had in fact been acquired over the city’s 800-year history.

* These can be seen to this day at the Topkapi Palace, the former residence of the Ottoman sultans, in Istanbul.

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