Description
Book SynopsisIn explaining the institutions and individuals that permitted this type of negotiation, O'Connell offers a historical example of an early modern empire at the height of imperial expansion.
Trade ReviewO'Connell offers an excellent guide to how Venice ruled its empire. Choice 2010 With Men of Empire, Monique O'Connell demonstrates why she deserves to be considered among the preeminent scholars of the new generation of Venetian specialists. She skillfully brings together details from a wide variety of primary sources to create a complete picture of the Quattrocento Venetian approach to governing a maritime state. -- Eleanor Congdon International Journal of Maritime History 2010
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Note on Proper Names and Dates
Introduction
1. The Shape of Empire
2. Administrators of Empire
3. Public Office and Patrician Family Strategies
4. Imperial Justice
5. Negotiating Empire
6. Syndics, Prosecutions, and Scandal
7. Fault Lines of Empire
Appendix A: Offices in the Venetian Maritime State
Appendix B: Genealogical Charts
Notes
Works Cited
Index
