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Author Maglaque, Erin, 1987- author.

Title Venice's intimate empire : family life and scholarship in the Renaissance Mediterranean / Erin Maglaque.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.

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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Venetian Families: From the Household to the Scuola -- 2. Documenting the Mediterranean World -- 3. Gender and Identity between Venice and the Mediterranean -- 4. Becoming Istrian -- 5. Colonial Governance and Mythology on Skiathos -- 6. On the Borders of Italy -- Conclusion -- Appendix I. Giovanni Bembo describes Cyurω's final illness and death, and the death of his daughter Angela -- Appendix II. Giovanni Bembo describes how the rumor of his scandal on Skiathos spread -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Bembo, Giovanni, 1473-1545.
Bembo, Giovanni, 1473-1545 -- Family.
Coppo, Pietro, 1469 or 1470-1555 or 1556.
Coppo, Pietro, 1469 or 1470-1555 or 1556 -- Family.
Coppo, Pietro, 1469 or 1470-1555 or 1556 -- Family.
Coppo, Pietro, 1469 or 1470-1555 or 1556.
Bembo, Giovanni, 1473-1545 -- Family.
Bembo, Giovanni, 1473-1545.
Venice (Italy) -- History -- 1508-1797.
Venice (Italy) -- Intellectual life -- 16th century.
Venice (Italy) -- Colonies -- Administration.
Families -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 16th century.
Families.
Italy -- Venice.
History.
Chronological Term 16th century
Subject Humanism -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 16th century.
Humanism.
Chronological Term 1500-1797
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Maglaque, Erin, 1987- Venice's intimate empire. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018 9781501721656 (DLC) 2017045852
ISBN 9781501721670 (epub/mobi)
1501721674
9781501721663 (pdf)
1501721666
9781501721656
1501721658