Venice : the hinge of Europe, 1081-1797 /

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Author / Creator:McNeill, William Hardy, 1917-2016.
Edition:Midway reprint ed.
Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1986, ©1974.
Description:1 online resource (xvii, 334 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11140409
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ISBN:9780226561547
0226561542
0226561496
9780226561493
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-323) and index.
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Summary:In this magisterial history, National Book Award winner William H. McNeill chronicles the interactions and disputes between Latin Christians and the Orthodox communities of eastern Europe during the period 1081-1797. Concentrating on Venice as the hinge of European history in the late medieval and early modern period, McNeill explores the technological, economic, and political bases of Venetian power and wealth, and the city's unique status at the frontier between the papal and Orthodox Christian worlds. He pays particular attention to Venetian influence upon southeastern Europe, and f.
Other form:Print version: McNeill, William Hardy, 1917- Venice. Midway reprint ed. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1986, ©1974 0226561496