The Political, Economic, and Military Decline of Venice Leading Up to 1797
Description:
This thesis discusses the decline of the Venetian nobility, the collapse of the Venetian economy, and the political results of the surrender of the Venetian Republic to Napoleon Bonaparte in 1797. Topics include the formation of Venice, Venetian domination of trade, the class system in Venice prior to 1797, the collapse of the aristocracy, feudalism in Venice, Venice’s presence in the Adriatic and Aegean seas, and the rise of the middle class within the provisional democratic government. Very f…
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Date:
December 2013
Creator:
FitzSimons, Anna Katelin
Partner:
UNT Libraries