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Creator
Date
2018
Location
New York (State)
Media format
Printed text
Extent
xiii, 219 pages
Language
English
Size
24 cm
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 358151
Folger holdings ID: 506510
Folger holdings ID: 506510
Summary
"Mining private writings and humanist geographies, Erin Maglaque explores the lives and careers of two Venetian noblemen, Giovanni Bembo and Pietro Coppo, who were appointed as colonial administrators and governors. In Venice's Intimate Empire, she uses these two men and their families to showcase the relationship between humanism, empire, and family in the Venetian Mediterranean"--
Notes
General notes
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
Introduction -- Venetian families : from the household to the scuola -- Documenting the Mediterranean world -- Gender and identity between Venice and the Mediterranean -- Becoming Istrian -- Colonial governance and mythology on Skiathos -- On the borders of Italy -- Conclusion
Also known as
Extended title: Venice's intimate empire : family life and scholarship in the Renaissance Mediterranean / Erin Maglaque
Subjects
Related names
author: Maglaque, Erin, 1987-
subject: Bembo, Giovanni, 1473-1545
subject: Coppo, Pietro, 1469 or 1470-1555 or 1556
subject: Bembo, Giovanni, 1473-1545
subject: Coppo, Pietro, 1469 or 1470-1555 or 1556