Venice,9780802084248

Venice

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ISBN13: 9780802084248
ISBN10: 0802084249
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Pub. Date: 2001-03-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Toronto Pr
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Summary

This work presents important sources ? many previously unpublished in any language, and almost none previously available in English ? for the history of the city-state of Venice from its zenith to its decline.

Author Biography

David Chambers is a Reader in Renaissance Studies, Warburg Institute. Brian Pullan is with the Department of Modern History, University of Manchester.

Table of Contents

Preface xvi
Acknowledgements xix
List of Abbreviations
xxi
List of Contributors
xxii
List of Illustrations
xxiv
PART I GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS 1(36)
Praise of the city of Venice, 1493
4(17)
A pilgrim's impressions, 1480
21(2)
Sansovino on building-materials and techniques
23(3)
The English ambassador's notes, 1612
26(5)
The dominions of the Venetian Republic: a report by the Spanish ambassador, c.1618
31(6)
PART II AUTHORITY AND GOVERNMENT 37(48)
'An Infinitie of Officers': Theory, Description and Panegyric
39(2)
Contarini's picture of perfection: the Senate
41(2)
The Signoria `in Pien Collegio'
43(2)
The Doge
45(6)
Death and election of a Doge noted by a visiting pilgrim, 1462
45(1)
Some restrictive obligations in the promissione of Doge Moro, 1462
46(3)
Publication of the new Doge, 1474: an eyewitness report
49(1)
Ceremonial dignity: the Doge's procession
50(1)
Elder statesmen: the Procurators of St Mark's
51(1)
Watchdogs and public prosecutors: the Avogadori di Comun, 1515
52(1)
The Courts of the Forty
53(1)
State security and arbitrary power: the Council of Ten
54(3)
`A very severe magistracy'
54(2)
Special duties and official secrecy
56(1)
The Great Council: procedure and function
57(2)
Order of seating
57(1)
Procedure in election of office-holders
58(1)
The Chancery
59(2)
Florentine admiration for Venice's system of government
61(2)
Public spectacle
63(5)
The Corpus Christi procession, 1533
63(1)
Temporary architecture for the reception of Henri III, King of France, at the Lido, 1574
64(2)
Defects, Corruption and Adverse Criticism
66(2)
Benedetto Dei's invective against Venice, c.1472
68(2)
Radical proposals (c.1500) by an aged patrician (Domenico Morosini)
70(1)
Indignities of the Dogeship
71(6)
The deposition of Francesco Foscari, 1457
71(1)
Discord over a ducal election: `old and new' families, 1486
72(1)
Financial abuses of Agostino Barbarigo: investigations in 1501
73(2)
Leonardo Loredan's want of leadership in the war crisis, 1509
75(1)
Alvise Mocenigo, scapegoat for misfortunes, 1577
76(1)
Demagogic tendencies: Marino Grimani's election, 1595
76(1)
Corrupt practices
77(3)
Broglio: a curse or a blessing?
77(1)
Fraudulent voting in the Great Council, 1519
78(1)
Misconduct and fraud, 1620
79(1)
Breaches of official secrecy
80(1)
Reports in 1481
80(1)
Institution of the Inquisitori di Stato, 1539
81(1)
Opposition in the 1580s
81(4)
Powers of the Council of Ten reduced by the younger patricians, 1583
81(2)
Open government versus restricted government, 1589
83(1)
A preacher criticizes the government, 1584
84(1)
PART III LAW, ORDER AND SOCIAL POLICY 85(46)
Crime and Punishment
87(1)
Crimes of violence and their punishment
88(3)
The Lords or Officials of the Night
88(1)
Ritual execution of an alleged rapist and robber, 1513
89(1)
Homicide mitigated by insanity: a special case, 1553-4
90(1)
Crimes of state
91(6)
An imprisoned foreign agent petitions for clemency, 1497
91(1)
Execution of a Chancery secretary for breaking official secrets, 1498
92(1)
Antonio Grimani on trial, 1500
93(2)
The crime and punishment of Gabriel Emo, 1584-5
95(2)
Opinions about judicial and penal administration
97(8)
Imprisonment and execution in the 1480s
97(2)
A Welsh visitor's comments, 1549
99(1)
The case for convict oarsmen, c. 1553-4
99(3)
Judges and advocates: a Florentine opinion, c.1569
102(1)
A papal nuncio's comments on the judicial administration of Venice, c.1580
102(3)
The Regulation of Society
105(1)
Food for the city
105(8)
Against bad flour, 1484, 1494
106(1)
Growth of population and shortages of food, 1540
107(1)
Famine and tumult in Venice, 1569-70
108(5)
The struggle against plague
113(7)
The plague and the pesthouses, 1464, 1468
114(1)
The plague orders of 1541
115(2)
The plague of 1575-7
117(3)
The defence of morality
120(11)
The Rialto brothel and the regulation of prostitution, 1460
120(3)
Sexual dissimulation condemned, 1480
123(1)
Homosexual practices unpunished, 1509
124(2)
The regulation of prostitution, 1539
126(1)
Prostitution and ostentation; the whore defined, 1543
127(1)
Blasphemy: the Ave maris stella case, 1593
128(1)
Good order and morality, 1612
128(3)
PART IV PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WEALTH 131(52)
Public Revenue and Expenditure
134(2)
The valuation of houses and land, 1459
136(1)
Levying the tenth, 1463
137(2)
Revenues of the Venetian government in 1469
139(4)
The sale of minor offices, 1510
143(1)
The hazards of speculating on customs duties, 1528-9
144(1)
Restrictions on the transfer of property to religious uses, 1536
144(2)
Clerical taxation: the grant by Pope Paul III, 1544
146(1)
Two mercers make a tax return, 1554
147(1)
Revenue of the Venetian Republic in 1587, 1594 and 1602
148(5)
Expenditure of the Venetian Republic in 1587, 1594 and 1602
153(5)
Public Borrowing: the Monti
157(1)
The establishment of a state loan fund, 1482
158(2)
Investment in public loan funds and in land, 1509
160(2)
The repayment of public debt, 1577-84
162(5)
Commerce: Fortunes Made and Lost
166(1)
The abundance of good things in Venice
167(1)
In the late fifteenth century
167(1)
In the early seventeenth century
167(1)
The establishment of a board of trade, 1507
168(1)
Indebtedness and business failure, c.1500
169(2)
Nicolo Baron, Venetian citizen
169(1)
Heinrich Stamler and brothers, German merchants
169(2)
The activities and misfortunes of a merchant family, the Zane, 1524-50
171(3)
Letter of a merchant in Aleppo, 1551
174(1)
Failure of a bank, 1584
174(1)
An agreement to establish a merchant partnership, 1596
175(3)
Conspicuous Consumption and Styles of Living
177(1)
A magistracy to administer sumptuary laws, 1515
178(1)
The regulation of banquets, 1562
178(1)
Regulation of the wearing of pearls, 1562
179(1)
Living well: supper and conversation in Titian's house
180(1)
Living poorly: the squalid lodgings of Anton Francesco Doni, 1550
181(2)
PART V `THE PRESENT FACE OF RELIGION HERE' 183(56)
The Clergy and the People
186(1)
Elections of parish clergy, c. 1460, 1517
187(1)
The earthquake of 1511 and the purging of sin and misbelief
188(2)
The clergy and musicians of St Mark's, 1581, 1626
190(3)
The churches of Venice and the education of the clergy, 1604, 1612
193(2)
An English Protestant looks at Venetian religious life, 1608
195(3)
Religious Houses and Reform
197(1)
Splendour and worldliness: Santi Giovanni e Paolo in the 1480s
198(1)
Laxity and strict observance: the reform of nunneries, 1519-21
199(4)
Foundation of a magistracy responsible for convents, 1521
203(1)
Abuses in the convent of San Zaccaria, 1528, 1585
204(2)
The misconduct of nuns' servants, 1528
204(1)
An illicit liaison between a nobleman and a nun, 1585
205(1)
Monks, friars and nuns, c.1580
206(4)
Fraternities of the Laity: the Scuole Grandi and Piccole
209(1)
The rule of a lay fraternity, 1535
210(3)
Criticism of the Scuole Grandi, 1541
213(3)
A smith's rebellion against the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, 1555
216(3)
Conflict and Compromise with the Holy See
218(1)
The Interdict of Pope Sixtus IV, 1482
219(2)
The contest for preferments, 1533
221(2)
The Apostolic Visitation, 1580-1
223(2)
The Interdict of Pope Paul V, 1606
225(2)
The Jesuits, 1619
227(2)
Heresy and Superstition
228(1)
The appointment of three noblemen to attend the Inquisition, 1547, 1551
229(1)
An Anabaptist synod in Venice, 1550
230(2)
Veronese before the Inquisition, 1573
232(4)
Magic and superstition, c.1580
236(3)
PART VI SOCIAL ORDERS 239(56)
The Nobility
242(1)
The life cycle and family arrangements
243(11)
The regulation of baptismal ceremonies, 1505
243(1)
The registration of noble births, 1506
244(2)
A marriage contract, 1583
246(2)
Partial division of a fraterna, 1593
248(1)
Clauses from the wills of a nobleman, 1606, 1611
248(2)
A widow hands over her estate to her sons, 1613
250(1)
Death of a patrician, 1527
251(3)
Service to the state
254(3)
An embassy to Spain, 1561
254(1)
Equipping a galley during the War of Cyprus, 1570-1
255(1)
The office of Bailo in Constantinople, 1598
256(1)
Nobles, citizens and people in Venice, c.1618
257(6)
The Citizenry
261(2)
The life cycle and family arrangements
263(5)
Pages from a family chronicle, 1456-1506
263(3)
A merchant's child and his progress, 1509-11
266(2)
The death and burial of a Secretary of the Council of Ten, 1524
268(1)
The citizens, the popolo and the state
268(4)
Nobles and citizens in Venice, 1509
268(3)
Maximilian of Habsburg's appeal to the people of Venice, 1511
271(1)
Service to the state
272(4)
A secretary's career, c.1496-1516
272(2)
Election of the Grand Chancellor, 1511
274(1)
Losing the post of Grand Chancellor, 1581
275(1)
Citizenship by privilege
276(5)
Citizenship at home and abroad, 1552
276(2)
Two citizens of Bergamo seek citizenship of Venice, 1629-30
278(2)
Craftsmen, Boatmen and Porters
280(1)
The craft and wares of the mercers, 1446
281(4)
Charity, ritual and work: the charcoal-bearers, 1479
285(1)
The boatmen of San Toma
286(1)
The craft and the brotherhood: master bakers and German assistants, 1543
287(2)
The protest of the Arsenal craftsmen, 1581
289(2)
The porters at the Arsenal, 1586-8
291(2)
Craftsmen as oarsmen: manning the reserve fleet, 1595
293(2)
PART VII CHARITY AND THE POOR 295(28)
The General Situation
299(1)
The charities of Venice, 1497
299(3)
The hospitals of Venice, c.1500
302(1)
The general scheme for poor relief, 1529
303(4)
The Poor in Hospital
307(1)
An indulgence for a Venetian hospital, 1487
307(1)
The hospital of the Incurabili, 1522, 1539
308(2)
Chronically sick beggars are compelled to enter the hospital
308(1)
The governing-body of the hospital
309(1)
Foundlings and orphans
310(4)
Adoption of a child from the foundling-hospital
310(1)
Wages of orphans working outside the hospital of the Derelitti at Santi Giovanni e Paolo
310(2)
Raising money by singing
312(1)
Making sails for the Arsenal
312(1)
Child abandonment and the hospital of the Pieta
313(1)
Responsibilities of the Mendicanti and other hospitals, 1619
314(2)
The House Poor and the Shamefaced Poor
316(1)
The poor brothers of the Scuola Grande della Misericordia, 1478
316(1)
Requests for aid from the Scuole Grandi, 1558-93
317(3)
Antonio, shoemaker of Rio Marin
317(2)
Filomena Stella, widow of Paulo d'Anna, formerly Guardian Grande of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco
319(1)
The shamefaced poor, 1596
320(3)
PART VIII `MOST OF THEIR PEOPLE ARE FOREIGNERS' 323(30)
The Germans
328(1)
German merchants and the exchange house, 1475
328(1)
House rules for the new Fondaco dei Tedeschi, 1508
329(1)
Heresy and irreligion among the Germans of Venice, c.1580
330(1)
Auctioning the Black Eagle inn, 1630
331(2)
The Greeks
333(1)
The church and the Scuola at San Biagio in Castello, 1470, 1498
333(1)
The church of San Giorgio dei Greci, 1511
334(2)
A preacher censured for attacking the Greeks, 1596
336(2)
`Ebrei Tedeschi': the Germanic and Italian Jews
338(1)
The `Geto at San Hieronimo', 1516
338(1)
The conversion of a Jew to Christianity, c.1569
339(1)
Licence for a Jewish physician, 1589
340(2)
Moneylending and the second-hand trade, 1624
342(2)
'Ebrei Levantini e Ponentini': the Sephardic Jews
344(1)
Levantine Jews and the Ghetto Vecchio, 1541
344(1)
Motives for expelling the Marranos, 1550
345(1)
The charter of the Jewish merchants, 1589
346(4)
The Turks
350(1)
House rules for the new Fondaco dei Turchi, 1621
350(3)
PART IX CULTURAL LIFE: LEARNING AND LITERATURE, BOOK-PUBLISHING, ENTERTAINMENT 353(32)
The Promotion of Learning and Literature
355(2)
The origins of St Mark's library: Cardinal Bessarion's gift, 1468
357(2)
Humanist historiography for Venice: a justification, 1487
359(1)
The impact of printing: Aldus's workshop as an intellectual centre
360(1)
The Rialto School of philosophy in session, 1524
361(1)
Bembo's acknowledgement of Tuscan superiority in language
361(1)
The establishment of schools in the sestieri, 1551
362(2)
The Venetian Academy and its programme of universal knowledge, 1560
364(3)
Sarpi's presence in intellectual circles, c.1600
367(3)
The Business Organization of Early Printing and Publishing
369(1)
A contract between two Germans to print Bibles, 1478
370(1)
Copyright legislation to protect Sabellicus's History of Venice, 1486
371(1)
Two partners petition for copyright to print classical Greek authors, 1497
372(1)
Jacopo de'Barbari's panoramic view of Venice: petition for copyright, 1500
373(1)
Business records of Aldus Manutius and Andrea di Asola, 1500-1
373(1)
The printing of music: a composer in search of an agent, 1536
374(3)
Entertainment
376(1)
The Statutes of the Modesti, a Company of the Hose, 1487
377(3)
Comedies sponsored by a Company of the Hose during Carnival, 1525
380(1)
Entertainment in the Doge's Palace during Carnival, 1526
380(1)
Role reversal: masquerades during Carnival, 1533
381(1)
Aquatic spectacle: a mock naval battle, 1530
381(1)
Commissions for verse and music, 1534
382(1)
Reopening of theatres after the Interdict, 1607
383(2)
PART X THE VISUAL ARTS 385(58)
Art for the State, Confraternities and Churches
387(3)
Literary praise for art and artists
390(3)
The benefits to Jacopo Sansovino of working in Venice, 1537
390(1)
Venetian art explained to foreign visitors, 1561
391(2)
Secular commissions and political imagery
393(12)
Perugino's contract to paint in the Hall of the Great Council, 1494
393(1)
The clocktower on the Piazza, 1496-1500
394(2)
Doge Loredan's perceptions of political imagery, 1509
396(2)
Political iconography of a flagstaff base in the Piazza, c.1542
398(2)
A programme for redecorating the Ducal Palace after the fire of 1577
400(1)
The ceiling-framework for the hall of the Senate, 1578-82
401(3)
A design for the new Rialto Bridge, 1587
404(1)
Art in the service of diplomacy
405(3)
Mantuan artists refused permission to copy a map, 1506
405(1)
A picture for the sister of the King of France, 1515-16
406(2)
Art in conflict with government
408(2)
Venetian sculptors and stonemasons object to foreign competition, 1491
408(1)
Durer is prosecuted by the Painters' Guild, 1506
408(1)
Control over expenditure by the Procurators of St Mark's on portraits, 1580
409(1)
Order for the destruction of a statue at Belluno, 1623
410(1)
Art for confraternities and churches
410(8)
A commission from the Scuola della Carita, 1539
410(2)
Faked mosaic work at St Mark's: Titian's evidence, 1563
412(2)
Contract of Veronese for the refectory of San Giorgio Maggiore, 1562
414(1)
The resolution to build the church of Santa Maria della Salute, 1630
414(3)
Private Commissions
417(1)
An overseas order for a devotional picture, 1473
418(1)
Doge Agostino Barbarigo's altarpiece
418(1)
Lotto alters a portrait to please a friend, 1542
419(1)
Lotto paints his landlord's family, 1547
420(1)
Sacred and profane pictures for the King of Spain, 1554
421(1)
Doge Marino Grimani orders marble sculpture for his tomb, 1601
422(2)
Collections, Connoisseurs and Critical Values
423(1)
Andrea Odoni's collection, 1532
424(3)
A problem of attribution, 1529
427(1)
Gabriel Vendramin describes and justifies his collection, 1548
428(1)
Architectural style for the Duke of Milan's house in Venice, 1461
429(2)
A comparison of Giovanni Bellini with later painters
431(1)
Aretino encourages and criticizes Tintoretto, 1548
431(1)
Palladio criticized in a dispute with the Scuola dei Mercanti, 1572
432(3)
Working-Practice, Technique and Style of Life
434(1)
The property of a prosperous and literate painter, 1461
435(2)
Durer's comments on Venetian artists, 1506
437(1)
A painter's day-to-day expenses, 1541
438(1)
Lotto takes an apprentice, 1548
439(1)
The elderly Titian at work
440(1)
A sculptor orders his own tomb, 1576
441(2)
References 443(17)
Glossary 460(5)
Index 465

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