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Cover 1 Title Page, Copyright, Dedication 2 Contents 8 List of Illustrations 10 Acknowledgments 12 Introduction 20 1. Venetian Families: From the Household to the Scuola 41 2. Documenting the Mediterranean World 61 3. Gender and Identity between Venice and the Mediterranean 83 4. Becoming Istrian 104 5. Colonial Governance and Mythology on Skiathos 123 6. On the Borders of Italy 143 Conclusion 165 Notes 178 Bibliography 210 Index 232 Publisher:Cornell University Press,Published:2018,ISBN:9781501721663,Related ISBN:9781501721656,Language:English,OCLC:1004957502 Mining private writings and humanist texts, 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.Maglaque elaborates an intellectual history of Venice’s Mediterranean empire by examining how Venetian humanist education related to the task of governing. Taking that relationship as her cue, Maglaque unearths an intimate view of the emotio

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Author

Maglaque, Erin

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781501721663

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities