#1200s — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #1200s, aggregated by home.social.
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The story of Bianca Cappello tells us something about the institutions of the Republic of Venice, the agility of its government, and of early modern diplomacy.
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Episode 6 — Wealth, power and empire
Conquest, empire, naval battles, conspiracies, insurrections. The 1200s and 1300s were interesting times for Venice.#1200s #1300s #Chronological #Constantinople #Constitution #CouncilOfTen #Crusades #Empire #Genoa #GreaterCouncil #LockingOfTheCouncil #Plague #RepublicOfVenice #SeaDominion #StatoDaMar #Trade
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/podcast/episode-6-wealth-power-and-empire/
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The Venetian constitution
Several recent Venetian Stories and many other posts on the History Walks Venice website have touched on legal issues: laws around prostitution and fun-loving nuns, but also issues like legal protections for inventors and just keeping order in general.
One particularity shared by these stories is that the people and institutions making the laws were the same as those who enforced the laws and who judged transgressions of the same laws.
#1200s #1300s #1400s #1500s #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/the-venetian-constitution/
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So in case anyone was unclear on why I was studying random disembodied parts of -real- humans, it's to get better at painting -imaginary- humans
Pretty pleased with progress so far, but there's still so much left to learn!
#warlockd #corcaroli #margo #medieval #mastoart #creativetoot #1200s #paris #france