Lecture 1. Refugees of the lagoon : the origins of Venice --
Lecture 2. Coming of age : the expansion of Venetian power --
Lecture 3. In a dangerous world --
Lecture 4. In the age of the Crusades --
Lecture 5. A merchant republic in a feudal age : political reform in medieval Venice --
Lecture 6. Birth of a maritime empire : Venice and the fourth Crusade --
Lecture 7. Birth of modern finance in Venice --
Lecture 8. The rise of Venice : prosperity and power in the West and East --
Lecture 9. A time of wars : the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries --
Lecture 10. A new world : the fall of Byzantium and the rise of the Renaissance --
Lecture 11. A medieval republic in a modern world : the decline and fall of Venice --
Lecture 12. The Grand Tour and Carnevale --
Lecture 13. The empty house : Venice and the state of Italy --
Lecture 14. Modern Venice.
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Refugees of the lagoon: the origins of Venice
Coming of age: the expansion of Venetian power
In the age of the Crusades
A merchant republic in a feudal age: political reform in medieval Venice
Birth of a maritime empire: Venice and the Fourth Crusade
Birth of modern finance in Venice
The rise of Venice: prosperity and power in the West and East
A time of wars: the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
A new world: the fall of Byzantium and the rise of the Renaissance
A medieval republic in a modern world: the decline and fall of Venice
The grand tour and Carnevale
The empty house: Venice and the state of Italy