Venice : a maritime republic.

Table of Contents
Frontmatterpage N/A
1: The Beginningspage p.1
2: The Port-City and Its Populationspage p.10
3: Police and Piracy in the Adriaticpage 22
4: Victories Beyond-the-Sea and in Romaniapage p.30
5: Ships, Crews, and the Ship's Companypage p.44
6: The Lordship of the Gulfpage p.56
7: The Trade of the Levantpage p.66
8: From Dukedom to Communepage p.86
9: The Growing Structure of the Communepage p.102
10: The Response to the Nautical Revolution of the Middle Agespage p.118
11: The Commercial Revolution of the Resident Merchantspage p.136
12: Craftsmen and Seamenpage p.154
13: Symptoms of Disintegrationpage p.172
14: The Climax of the Struggle with Genoa p.188
15: Arts, Sciences, and Literaturepage p.202
16: Contests for Power: The Fifteenth Centurypage p.224
17: Contests for Power: The Sixteenth Centurypage p.240
18: The Corruption and Perfection of the Constitutionpage p.250
19: Participants in Oceanic Discoveriespage p.274
20: The Spice Tradepage p.284
21: The Shifts in Other Tradespage p.296
22: The Expansion of Manufacturespage p.308
23: Finance and Income from Powerpage p.322
24: The Peak and Passing of the Merchant Galleyspage p.336
25: The War Fleetspage p.354
26: Argosies with Portly Sailspage p.376
27: Of Sovereignty and the Constitutionpage p.390
28: In a New Age of Sea Powerpage p.406
29: The Death of the Republicpage p.422
30: The Completion and Preservation of the Citypage p.438
Bibliographical Notes p.459
Index p.485