Venice's intimate empire : family life and scholarship in the Renaissance Mediterranean /
Mining private writings and humanist geographies, Erin Maglaque explores the lives and careers of two Venetian noblemen, Giovanni Bembo and Pietro Coppo, who were appointed as colonial administrators and governors. In Venice's Intimate Empire, she uses these two men and their families to showca...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca, New York :
Cornell University Press,
[2018]
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| Summary: | Mining private writings and humanist geographies, Erin Maglaque explores the lives and careers of two Venetian noblemen, Giovanni Bembo and Pietro Coppo, who were appointed as colonial administrators and governors. In Venice's Intimate Empire, she uses these two men and their families to showcase the relationship between humanism, empire and family in the Venetian Mediterranean. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 219 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781501721656 1501721658 |