The house of Condulmer : the rise and decline of a Venetian family in the century of the Black Death /
"The House of Condulmer tells the story of a lower patrician Venetian family in the wake of the Black Death, as they strove for status and wealth over the course of the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. The Condulmers experienced mixed fortunes in their efforts at social mobility. Exile...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2024]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Middle Ages series.
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| Summary: | "The House of Condulmer tells the story of a lower patrician Venetian family in the wake of the Black Death, as they strove for status and wealth over the course of the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. The Condulmers experienced mixed fortunes in their efforts at social mobility. Exiled after their participation in a failed revolt against the Venetian state, they nevertheless managed to accrue a great deal of wealth in the period before the Black Death. In the aftermath of the plague, which ravaged Venice and wiped out many lines of the family, the fortune of the Condlumers was concentrated in two main branches, whose members are the subject of this book"-- |
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| Physical Description: | x, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781512826197 1512826197 |