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Men of Empire
Monique O'Connell
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Description for Men of Empire
In explaining the institutions and individuals that permitted this type of negotiation, O'Connell offers a historical example of an early modern empire at the height of imperial expansion. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6, 2 maps, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
The city-state of Venice, with a population of less than 100,000, dominated a fragmented and fragile empire at the boundary between East and West, between Latin Christian, Greek Orthodox, and Muslim worlds. In this institutional and administrative history, Monique O'Connell explains the structures, processes, practices, and laws by which Venice maintained its vast overseas holdings. The legal, linguistic, religious, and cultural diversity within Venice's empire made it difficult to impose any centralization or unity among its disparate territories. O'Connell has mined the vast archival resources to explain how Venice's central government was able to administer and govern its extensive ... Read more
The city-state of Venice, with a population of less than 100,000, dominated a fragmented and fragile empire at the boundary between East and West, between Latin Christian, Greek Orthodox, and Muslim worlds. In this institutional and administrative history, Monique O'Connell explains the structures, processes, practices, and laws by which Venice maintained its vast overseas holdings. The legal, linguistic, religious, and cultural diversity within Venice's empire made it difficult to impose any centralization or unity among its disparate territories. O'Connell has mined the vast archival resources to explain how Venice's central government was able to administer and govern its extensive ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science
Number of Pages
264
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801891458
SKU
V9780801891458
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About Monique O'Connell
Monique O'Connell is an assistant professor of history at Wake Forest University.
Reviews for Men of Empire
O'Connell offers an excellent guide to how Venice ruled its empire. Choice 2010 With Men of Empire, Monique O'Connell demonstrates why she deserves to be considered among the preeminent scholars of the new generation of Venetian specialists. She skillfully brings together details from a wide variety of primary sources to create a complete picture of the Quattrocento Venetian approach to ... Read more