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	Venice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Venetian Republic was a major sea power and a staging area for the Crusades, as well as a very important centre of commerce (especially the spice trade) and art in the Renaissance.
		In the 12th century the essentials for the power of Venice were laid: the Venetian Arsenal was under construction in 1104; Venice wrested control of the Brenner pass from Verona in 1178, opening a lifeline to silver from Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michiele, died in 1172.
		Throughout the 15th century, Venetian land forces were almost always on the offensive and were regarded as the most effective in Italy, largely because of the tradition of all classes carrying arms in defense of the city and official encouragement of general military training.
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	Republic of Venice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Venetian fleet was crucial to the sack of Constantinople by crusaders in the Fourth Crusade in 1204.
		By the eighteenth century, the Serene Republic was largely a shadow of its former glory, although it continued to rule over Venetia, the Adriatic littoral, and the Ionian Islands.
		Venice claimed that its government was a 'classical republic' because it was a fusion of the three basic forms present in a mixed government: with the regal power in the Doge, the aristocratic in the senate, and the democratic in the Great Council
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	Republic of Venice -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		(Formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) Doge
		By the eighteenth century, the Serene Republic was largely a shadow of its former glory, although it continued to rule over Venetia, the Adriatic (The region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean) littoral, and the (Click link for more info and facts about Ionian Islands) Ionian Islands.
		In the early years of the republic, the (The members of a social organization who are in power) political system can be classified as an (A political system governed by a single individual) autocracy, with the (Formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) Doge as the almost absolute ruler.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/re/republic_of_venice.htm (929 words)

	Grand Venetian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Venetian Slovenia (Italian ''Slavia Veneta'', Slovenian ''Beneška Slovenija'') is a small region in northeastern Italy, near the Slovenian border, north of the town of Gorizia (Slovenian ''Gorica'').
		Venetian should not be confused with Venetic, an apparently unrelated (and extinct) Indo-European language that was spoken in the Veneto region around the 6th century BC.
		Venetian is spoken in the Italian regions of Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia and in both Slovenian and Croatian Istria.
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	Venice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At the height of its power, Venice controlled much of the coastal territory along the Adriatic (notably most of the Dalmatian city-states), most of the islands in the Aegean, including Crete, and was a major power-broker in the Near East.
		The territory of the Republic on the Italian mainland extended across Lake Garda as far west as the River Adda.
		By the end of the century, Venice was famous for the splendor of its music, as exemplified in the "colossal style" of Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli, which used multiple choruses and instrumental groups.
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		The Genoese Republic had accepted the lordship of Visconti at a moment of great peril, and was compelled to devote any interval of peace with Venice, not to the increase of her wealth and the augmentation of her fleet, but to efforts for the recovery of that freedom she had surrendered.
		Venetian predominance in the Mediterranean was confirmed by the recovery of Corfu in 1386, and by the purchase of Argos and Nauplia in the Peloponnese.
		The boundaries of the Republic were, roughly speaking, the sea from the mouth of the Tagliamento to the mouth of the Adige, the river Tagliamento to the east, the Alps to the north, the Adige to the west and south.
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	Venice and the Revolution of 1848-49 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A major contributory factor to undermine the republic was her inability to fuse Venice and the provinces, lagoon and mainland.
		Venetians unnecessarily provoked anxiety, whereas a united and expansive army might have removed in advance the debilitating effect of this distrust.
		The gesture was in vain, as the deadly Austrian boycott and bombardment of the lagoon accelerated.
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	Trash City: Venetian Glass Chevrons
		Venetian glass artisans have been influencing bead-makers from around the world for several centuries, and their production methods and designs have been most obviously emulated in many countries including India, America, China and the Czech Republic, many of whom buy their glass rods for making the beads from Murano itself.
		The Council of Ten, the highest governing body of the Venetian Republic was given direct jurisdiction over the guild of glassmaker’s, and divulging trade secrets to bead-makers in other countries was seen as a form of treason that was punishable by death.
		The most recognizable styles of Venetian beads are the multi-layered "Chevron," the "Wedding Cake" design, with its’ frosting-like decoration, the Millifiore (1000 flowers) and the Venetian foils, characterized my their vibrant colors and decorative use of gold and silver foil.
	www.trashcity.com /chevron.htm (678 words)

	Giammaria Ortes: The Decadent Venetian Kook Who Originated The Myth of "Carrying Capacity"
		An examination of the history of the ``carrying capacity'' argument reveals that it originated as one of the epistemological weapons of the dying Venetian Republic during the late eighteenth century--that is, of one of the most putrid, decadent, and moribund oligarchical societies the world has ever known.
		In 1752, a Venetian abbé by the name of Milesi congratulated Ortes for ``the honor in which he was held by the main and most illuminated persons of this Republic.'' In addition to his friends of the conversazione, Ortes had built up his own direct relations with other influential patricians like Tomaso Contarini.
		His chapters on the demographics of noble families reflected the Venetian decadence: for the family fondo to remain concentrated in a single line of biological inheritance, all the sons but one had to remain unmarried, with the youngest son often being given the responsibility for carrying on the line.
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	Best of Venice - Best of Venice, Italy - Venezien, Venezia, Venedig, Venetian, Venice Beach - Lido, & Lido di Venezia.
		The Venetian Republic was a major sea power and a staging area for the
		River Adda, were known as "Terra Firma", and were acquired partly as a buffer against beligerent neighbors, partly to guarantee Alpine trade routes, and partly to ensure the supply of mainland wheat, on which the city depended.
		Verona rallied to the defence of Venetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders.
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	Mask Italia - History of Italian Masks and Venetian Masks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The use of masks during the life of the Venetian Republic remains one of mankind's notably eccentric practices.
		The routes of trade under the Republic's control extended all the way to Constantinople and beyond in the form of varied and extensive caravans, sultanates, and "friends".
		The Republic did not hold these routes uncontested for any long stretches of time - it was under constant duress from rival states.
	www.maskitalia.com /maskhistory.htm (656 words)

	Marko Polo - Marko and the Venetian Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		That very same trading and sea power, the Republic of Saint Marco, that had enabled him, by its tradition and expansion of influence to distant countries, afforded him his adventures life, becomes, in Marko's eyes, the main obstacle to the true life of a medieval knight, fighting always for justice and love.
		The cosmopolitan spirit of Marko Polo could not accept the narrow-minded policy of the Venetian Republic, which relied on strictly hierarchical principles within the Republic and on imperial desires in its relationship with the outside world.
		According to the Venetian chronicle of 1413, Marin Baccon and other leaders of the conspiracy were executed, while other conspirators, 43 of them, managed to escape from the town of Venice, outside the reach of the Big Council.
	www.korcula.net /mpolo/mpolo8.htm (563 words)

	17th century - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Similarly, the power of the Habsburg Monarchy and Venetian Republic increased, while that of the Ottoman Empire declined.
		The Manchu conquer the Chinese Ming Dynasty and begin the Qing Dynasty, the last imperial dynasty of China, in 1644.
		The Dutch republic known as the United Provinces became the dominant economic and political power in Europe, gaining formal independence from Spain in 1648.
	open-encyclopedia.com /17th_century (517 words)

	Italian boys clothes -- regions Venice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Venetian commerce to a large degree rose and fell with the varying ifortunes of Byzantium.
		Venetians played an especially important role in the 4th Crusade (1202) in which the Venetians and their Norman allies seize and pillage the city and set up a Latin Republic.
		The rise of the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century was a major factor in the decline of the Venetian Empire.
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	Republic of Venice - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Republic of Venice - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Most Serene Republic of Venice was a city-state in Venetia in Northeastern Italy, based around the city of Venice.
		Republic of Venice, History, Government, Footnotes and See also.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Venetian_Republic (733 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - View Single Post - The Re-establishing of Venetian Republic. By God's grace. We will do ...
		Each new arrival was announced by a stirring fanfare and booming voice of a grey-haired herald so thin that it almost appeared that a lifetime of shouting had worn him down to a shadow.
		“Venetian Ambassador Luciano.” The herald declaimed grandly, and the trumpets blared.
		Late that day, new courier is riding hard he could toward capital of Venetian Republic.
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	doge -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		(Venetian Italian: “duke”), highest official of the republic of Venice for more than 1,000 years (from the 8th to the 18th century) and symbol of the sovereignty of the Venetian state.
		Its plan, typical of Venetian palaces, is centred on an internal courtyard with a great staircase (Scala dei Giganti), and it incorporates three great architectural traditions—Gothic, Moorish, and Renaissance.
		One of the master painters of the Italian Renaissance was Titian, an artist of the Venetian school.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9030790?tocId=9030790&query=enrico (705 words)

	Chioggia - Venice
		A propos to the subject: the Venetian fisherman is a rare specimen of his kind; after years spent on board his little fishing-smack, he will suddenly relinquish his sea-faring life and turn oyster-hawker (while oysters are in season), and venditore di sorbetto, or roba dolce, during the other months of the year.
		Such characters are known familiarly as " Chioggiotti," and wander from town to town, frequenting the trattoria and locanda, ever ready to bandy jokes or spin a yarn for the amusement of their avventori.
		The inhabitants are a people quite distinct from the Venetians, and we incline to regard them as descendants of the Pelasgian or Etrurian races who inhabited the neighbouring districts in pre-Roman days.
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	Daniele Manin Biography / Biography of Daniele Manin Biography Biography
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		The Venetian patriot Daniele Manin (1804-1857) labored for the liberation of Venice from Austria and made an important contribution to the unification of Italy.
		Manin's first act in the cause of liberation was the presentation of a petition in 1847 to a body called the Venetian Congregation, a purely advisory assembly that the Austrian government permitted to gather precisely because it had no power at all.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-daniele-manin (589 words)

	Articles - Venetian language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		However, as a literary language Venetian was overshadowed by the Tuscan "dialect" of Dante, which eventually became the national language of Italy.
		Venetian also retained the Latin concepts of gender (masculine and feminine) and number (singular and plural).
		Venetian does not have the doubled consonant sounds characteristic of Tuscan and many other Italian dialects: thus Italian fette, palla, penna (slices, ball, and pen) are fete, baea, and pena in Venetian.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Venetian_language (1218 words)

	The Christian Science Monitor \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At its summit was the doge, an elder Venetian aristocrat elected to office for life, whose power was held in check by a vast array of institutions, including the great law courts of the republic.
		Our own republic is now less than half the age of the Venetian Republic at its demise.
		In the age of the Enlightenment, with its new ideals of popular sovereignty, the Venetian Republic, still based purely on the idea of aristocratic sovereignty, no longer stood at the forefront of models of republican freedom.
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		Naturally the skilled Venetian tradesmen avoided such entanglements, with some help from the growing Venetian Navy, which was enlarged and numbered several hundred war galleys by the turn of the century.
		Only fifteen years later, no province of the republic was not protected by a strong fortress, and the armies and fleets of Venezia were large and well-equipped.
		As a Venetian, I can only bless our new Doge Barbarigo for his and his father`s actions, and express my hopes for continued peace and wealth for the great republic of the lion.
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	The Venetian Republic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Venice was the capital of the independent Venetian Republic.
		In practice, the republic was administered by professional officials, who had to be citizens of Venice and who were appointed to their posts after a series of difficult examinations.
		Padua, another city in the republic, possessed an ancient university, where Galileo taught during the time in which he lived in the Venetian Republic (1592-1610).
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	Venetian Republic Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	Venetian History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		During the history of the republic of Venice, Venice had a long and rich history which was for me an unexpected one.
		By a vote of 512 to 20 the republic surrendered and never agian was independent from other countries.
		In the history of the Republic of Venice there were allot of events that occured.
	www.ambrit-rome.com /clasproj/msvenice/history.html (2029 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Verona
		In the days of the Venetian Republic it was already an important fortress, and was surrounded with walls and other defences by the Veronese Fra Giocondo, and remained so under the Austrian domination and under the Kingdom of Italy.
		From 1490 to 1517 the city was in the power of the Emperor Maximilian I. It was occupied by Napoleon in 1797, but on Easter Monday the populace rose and drove out the French.
		It was then that Napoleon made an end of the Venetian Republic.
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	Amazon.ca: Books: A Venetian Affair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Andrea Di Robilant's A Venetian Affair is drawn in part from a cache of letters discovered by the author's father in his ancestral palazzo on the Grand Canal.
		Although Memmo went on to have an illustrious career in the dying Venetian Republic, it is Giustiniana's astonishing later life that really captures the reader.
		Andrea Memmo is the scion of an ancient Venetian family that is destined to become one of the most powerful in a dying republic.
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	Venetian Carnival Masks - Venice for Visitors
		Venice's Carnival began in the 11th Century, and the wearing of masks and costumes was well established by 1436, when maskmakers or mascareri were officially recognized with their own guild.
		The practice of wearing masks for disguise reached its zenith in the 18th Century, when Venetians of different social classes used Carnival as an excuse to mingle and, in some cases, to trade sexual favors without fear of recognition or retribution.
		Traditional Venetian masks such as the white volto half-mask with nose cover and its variant, the "plague doctor's" mask with its phallic beak.
	europeforvisitors.com /venice/articles/venice_carnival_masks.htm (272 words)

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