Venice and Its Story

by Thomas Okey

A
Accademia, [252-263]
Albiola, porto of, [16], [323]
Aldine Press, site of, [296]
Aristocracy, their growing power, [74]
Arsenal, the, [292]
—— foundation of, [41]
B
Bajamonte Conspiracy, [107-109]
Barbarossa and Pope Alexander, [48]
Boccaccio at Venice, [291]
Bocche di Leoni, [248], [292]
Bovolo, il, [296]
Brides of St Mark, story of, [23]
Brienne, John of, Latin Emperor of the East, [75]
Brienne, Walter of, his defection, [59]
Bronze Horses, from Constantinople, [68]
Bucintoro, [53], [78]
C
Cabinet, the, [102]
Cabot, Sebastiano, and the Ten, [172]
Cambrai, League of, [146], [156], [165-167]
Cambrai, peace of, [170-172]
Campanile, the, [22], [44]
—— fall of, [219]
Canal, Grand, [263-275]
Cape route, discovery of, [159]
Capi of the Ten, [110], [112], note
Cappello, Bianca, [286], note
Carlo Zeno, [130], [137]
Carmagnola, his strategy, [142], [143]
—— capture and execution, [143], [144]
Carraras, the, [118], [119], [136], [137]
Cassiodorus, letter of, to the Tribuni Maritimi, [6]
Castle of Love at Treviso, [72]
Charlemagne defeats the Lombards, [11]
Chioggia, [322]
—— relief of, [134]
—— war of, [131]
Cobblers’ Guildhall, [308]
“Cobden Madonna,” [93], [251]
Colleoni, statue of, [280]
Columns of St Mark and St Theodore, raising of, [53]
Comines, Philippe de, his impressions of Venice, [160]
Comnenian dynasty, [62]
Constantinople, first capture of, by Venetians and Franks, [64]
Constantinople, second capture and sack of, [67]
Corn Office, [93]
Cornaro, Caterina, [157], [159]
Coronation oath, [55], [74]
Council, closing of Great, [101]
Cretan war, the, [181-183]
Crichton, the Admirable, at Venice, [178]
Crociferi, oratory of the, [298]
Crown of Thorns pawned, [76]
Crusade, fourth, [56-67]
Crusades, attitude of Venetians towards, [38]
Cyprus, acquisition of, [157], [158]
D
Da Canale writes the history of the Venetians in French, [86]
—— his description of Venice, [87]
—— his description of a ducal election festival, [90]
Dalmatia, loss of, [127]
—— protectorate of, [29]
—— recovery of, [138]
Dalmatian pirates, [21], [28]
Dante at Venice, [117]
Despots, Italian, [118]
Dogado, the extent of, [2]
Doge, election of first, [8]
—— his power and state, [8], [9]
—— limitation of powers of, [32], [33]
Ducal Council, origin of, [33]
Ducal Palace, [17], [241-251]
Ducat of gold first coined, [95]
E
East, conquests of Venetians in the, [68]
Eccelino da Romano, death of, and rejoicings at Venice, [86]
Election of Doge, complicated machinery for, [88]
English goods branded at Venice, [105]
English knights at Venice, [128]
—— soldiers in Venetian service, their prowess, [136]
Erasmus at Venice, [213]
F
Factions, aristocratic (Heraclia) and democratic (Malamocco), [9], [10], [12], [13]
Factions, Caloprini and Orseoli, [28]
—— Nicolotti and Castellani, [305]
Faliero, Marin, his house, [298]
—— his victory at Zara and embassy to Genoa, [122]
Faliero, Marin, treason and execution of, [124], [126]
Ferrara, defeat of Venetians at, [107]
—— siege of, [77]
Festivals at Venice, [184], [185]
Fisherman and St Mark, legend of, [120]
Fleets, trading, [104]
Florence appeals for a Venetian alliance, [141]
Foscari, Francesco, his forward policy, [140], [146], [151]
Foscari, Francesco, degradation and death, [149], [150]
Foscari, Jacopo, his trial, [147], [148]
—— his exile and death, [149]
Foscarini, Antonio, executed unjustly, [180]
Frari, S. Maria Gloriosa dei, [281-284]
French, defeat of, at Fornova, [162]
Friuli, occupation of, [138]
G
Galileo at Padua, [178]
Galley, value of cargo of, [104]
—— comparative size of, [105]
Genoa, defeat of, [82], [85]
—— origin of war with, [81]
Genoese crushed by Venetians off Lojero, [122]
Genoese, defeat of Venetians by, [97]
Gesuiti, the, [298]
Ghetti, the, [310]
Giudecca, island of, [309]
Glass-workers, [212], [213]
Goethe at Venice, [186], [246]
Golden Book, the, [102]
Goldoni, [214], note
—— statue of, [293]
Grado and Aquileia, jealousy of Patriarchs of, [32]
Great Council, origin of, [47]
Greek islands, occupation of, [139]
Greeks recapture Constantinople, [83]
H
Holy Roman Empire, Dante and, [45]
Horses at Venice, [291], [293]
Hunchback of the Rialto, [302]
I
Inquisition, Holy, introduction of, at Venice, [79]
Inquisitors of State, [111], [112]
—— of the dead Doge, [74]
Interdetto, conflict of the, [175-177]
L
Lagosta, capture of, [29]
Lepanto, victory of, [173-175]
Libreria Vecchia, [289]
Lido, the, [320]
Lighting of streets, [44]
Lombard invaders, [3], [4]
Loss and recovery of mainland provinces, [167-169]
M
Mainland, aggrandisement on, [106]
—— war policy on, [119]
Malamocco, Old, where situated, [15], note
Manuel, orders spoliation of Venetian traders at Constantinople, [46]
Marco Polo, his travels, [98]
—— joins Venetian fleet, and is taken prisoner at Curzola, [99]
Marco Polo, site of his house, [99], [293]
Merceria, the, [218]
Mocenigo, Tomaso, his wise counsel, [140], [141]
Morea, the loss of, [153], [183]
Murano, [316]
Murzuphles, his coup d’état at Constantinople, [66]
Museo Civico, [303], [304]
N
Normans, conflicts with, [35]
O
Oligarchy, rise of, [100]
Olivolo becomes Castello, [22]
Oselle, [303], note
Othello, Rawdon Brown’s identification of, [153], note
Otho II., his preparation to crush Venice, and death, [28]
P
Padua, occupation of, [187]
Painters, Venetian, [195-212]
Palazzo Giovanelli, [300]
—— Labia, [310]
Papal States, occupation of, by Venice, [164]
Paradiso, calle and Ponte di, [276]
Pepin, attack on Venetians by, [14], [15], [16]
Petrarch at Venice, [123], [127], [129]
Petrarch, his house at Venice, [291]
Piazza, the, [219-222]
Piombi, Pozzi and, [115], [116]
Pisani, Victor, his release and triumph, [132]
Plague, the, at Venice, [183]
Ponte dei Pugni, [305]
Pope Alexander III., his legendary resting-place, [308]
Porti, their traditional colours, [323]
Possessions on mainland, [146], [156]
Prince in pawn, a, [83]
Printers, [213], [214]
Prisons, their position, [115]
Privy Council, the, [102]
Providence, the vote of, [71]
R
Rialto, foundation of united Venetians at, [16]
Rialto, the, [301]
S
SS. Apostoli, [298]
S. Cassiano, [302]
S. Caterina, [299]
S. Elena, [321]
S. Francesco del Deserto, [319]
—— della Vigna, [288]
St Francis at Venice, [73]
—— and Walter of Brienne, [59]
S. Giacomo dall’ Orio, [304]
—— di Rialto, [301]
S. Giobbe, [310]
S. Giorgio Maggiore, [274], [309]
S. Giovanni in Bragora, [291]
—— Grisostomo, [294]
—— Elemosinario, [302]
St Louis and the Crown of Thorns, [76]
S. Maria del Carmine, [307]
—— Formosa, [276]
—— Mater Domini, [302]
—— dei Miracoli, [280]
—— dell’ Orto, [299]
—— agli Scalzi, [313]
St Mark, Basilica of, [20], [27], [222-241]
—— fisherman and, [121]
—— legends of, [17], [18], [19]
—— rediscovery of body of, [36], [37]
S. Marco, Scuola di, [280]
S. Martino, [292]
S. Marziale, [299]
S. Moisè, [295]
St Nicholas, capture of body of, [39]
S. Nicolo del Lido, [321]
S. Pantaleone, [308]
S. Polo, [308]
S. Rocco, Church of, [286]
—— Scuola di, [285]
—— story of, [284]
S. Salvatore, [293]
S. Sebastiano, [306]
S. Stefano, [295]
St Tarasius, rape of the body of, [31]
St Theodore, Church of, [7]
S. Trovaso, [309]
S. Vio, [296]
S. Vitale, [296]
S. Zaccaria, [286]
S. Zanipolo, [276-279]
—— legend of foundation of, [78]
S. Zulian, [275]
Salinguerra, his memorial, [321]
Salute, the, [297]
Sarpi, Paolo, death of, [178]
Scalas, the, [118], [119], [136]
Schiavoni, Riva degli, [290]
—— S. Giorgio degli, [287]
Sculpture, Venetian, [187-195]
Seminario, the, [297]
Senate, origin of, [33]
—— the, [102]
Shrine at Calle Barbaro, [296]
Signory, the, [102]
Slave trade at Venice, [12], [21], [26]
Spanish plot, [179]
Steno, Michel, his insult to Faliero, [124]
Street nomenclature, [216]
T
Tagliapietra, Contessa, legend of, [296]
Ten, attack on the, [180]
—— Council of the, [109-111]
Titian’s house, site of, [315]
Torcello, [5], [318]
—— final migration to, [4]
Trading privileges, extension of, [36], [40], [42]
Tribunes, their first election, [6]
Tribuni majores, election of, [7]
Turkish conquests, [173]
—— terror at Venice, [152], [154], [155]
—— capture of Constantinople, [151], [153]
Tyre, capture of, [43]
V
Venetian fleet, destruction of, by Genoese, [130]
Venetian settlements, the earliest, [4]
Venetians defeated by Genoese off Pera, [122]
—— defeated by Turks off Sapienza, [163]
—— routed by Genoese off Sapienza, [124]
—— their master passions, [68]
Venice, excommunication of, [106], [156], [167], [176]
—— her fortitude under disaster, [124], [130]
—— her popularity on the mainland, [120], [146]
—— invites the King of France to Italy, [156]
—— occupied by the French, [186]
Verona, occupation of, [137]
Visconti, Galeozzo, [136]
—— Filippo, [140]
W
Wedding of the Adriatic, [29], [50], [53]
Z
Zara, capture of, by Crusaders, [61]
—— rebellion of, [117], [121]
Zattere, fondamenta delle, [309]

Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:

Palazza Ducale=> Palazzo Ducale {pg xi}

Vie de St Francois=> Vie de St François {pg 73}

who rode to seek aventure=> who rode to seek adventure {pg 92}

answer Ghisello=> answered Ghisello {pg 125}

envoys empty away=> envoys away empty {pg 154}

reign that the ast=> reign that the last {pg 155}

The chief atttraction=> The chief attraction {pg 255}

Cornara, Caterina, 157, 159=> Cornaro, Caterina, 157, 159 {pg 328}

FOOTNOTES:

[1] See Appendix II. An exhaustive bibliography will be found in “The Cambridge Modern History,” Vol. I.

[2] Rimini, Pesaro, Fano, Sinigaglia and Ancona.

[3] A method of disposing of a political enemy, so common in Italy, in the middle ages, that it was expressed by a word abbacinare, from the bacino or red hot basin of brass fixed before the eyes of the victim.

[4] See “Archæologia,” vol. xliv. p. 128. This curious inscription purports to have been interpreted in 1202 by Marin Dandolo, Procurator of St Mark, from the Latin of an old and decayed parchment written by Orso Hypato of Heraclea.

[5] So late as 1428 a Russian female slave was sold by one friar to another for 52 sequins, with “right to dispose of her body and soul in perpetuity.” The contract is quoted by Filiasi. In 1492 a Saracen slave, 15 years old, fetched 25 sequins.

[6] The original Malamocco, destroyed by flood in the twelfth century, was a fortified place girt with walls and towers, whose precise locality is not now known. It was situated on the open Adriatic, not far from the present Malamocco. Filiasi, writing about 1800, says the ruins used to be seen at low tide about a good stone’s throw from the lido.

[7] The Greek Emperor at Constantinople.