Inventing past narratives : Venice and the Adriatic space (13th-15th centuries) /

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Imprint:	Brno : Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic : Masaryk Univesrity, 2023.
Description:	105 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Language:	English Italian
Series:	Convivium Supplementum ; 2023/4 Convivium (Brno, Czech Republic). Supplementum ; 2023/4.
Subject:	Venice (Italy) -- History -- 697-1508. Venice (Italy) -- History -- 697-1508 -- Historiography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13508820

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Varying Form of Title:	Venice and the Adriatic space (13th-15th centuries)
Other authors / contributors:	Molteni, Ilaria, editor. Russo, Valeria, 1992- editor.
ISBN:	9788028004644 8028004644
Notes:	Four contributions in English, one in Italian; summaries in Czech.
Summary:	"By the late Middle Ages, Venice became the main stage of a national and international myth: while enhancing its historical role in the past, the city tried to demonstrate the legitimacy of its role in the present. In fact, for celebrating its triumph and erasing its weaknesses and defeats, Venice generated a rich repertoire of past narratives that were bringing together heterogeneous materials, by composing unconnected pieces and attributing new meanings to different histories or objects from other pasts. An ambitious goal had to be achieved: that of creating the impression of a unique and grandiose city whose roots were lost in a remote and magnificent past. The result is a patchwork that, through the longue duře approach, has been articulated around both new and ancient stories, local and foreign myths, reconstructed or rediscovered objects and narratives. In order to investigate more precisely the trajectories of the Venetian past narratives, this volume intends to determine, through an interdisciplinary prism, which are the different strategies, objectives, and resources that have been exploited in the framework of these past narratives."--Publisher's website.

Table of Contents:

Inventing past narratives: Venice and the Adriatic space (13th-15th centuries) / Ilaria Molteni & Valeria Russo
Framing Venetian past narratives. An epistemological introduction / Ilaria Molteni & Valeria Russo
About the time Charlemagne invaded the Laguna and Venice returned Frankish fire with bread / Francesca Gambino
"Bons mariniers" between history and prophecy. Venice, Venetians, and the Mediterranean Sea in the prophecies de Merlin / Niccoḷ Gensini
Morte a Vwenezia. Per la morte di Dante: l'invenzione e i documenti / Giuseppina Brunetti
Clash of Titans. Venturi, Kondakov, and the staging of late medieval Venetian painting in the history of art history / Ruben Campini, Ivan Foletti, & Annalisa Moraschi.

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