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Liberalità Misteriosa — Mysterious Liberality — Grevembroch 4-1
The newly elected doge, before he was presented with the corno ducale in the Palazzo Ducale, was carried around the Piazza San Marco in the pozzetto, while money was thrown to the people.
The people with red caps are the arsenalotti, workers from the Venetian navy docks.
#CreationOfDoges #HeadOfState #Sources #Translations #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/translation/liberalita-misteriosa-mysterious-liberality-grevembroch-4-1/
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Gran Consiglio — Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane — 12
A meeting of the Maggior Consiglio of the Republic of Venice. The Maggior Consiglio was the sovereign body and the highest authority of the republic.
#Engravings #Republic #Sources #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/translation/habiti-dhuomeni-et-donne-venetiane-12-gran-consiglio/
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Jacopo Tiepolo — the 43rd doge of Venice
Jacopo Tiepolo was the 43rd doge of Venice, ruling from 1229 to 1249. He left his marks on the city, which are clearly visible even today, eight centuries later.
He, and his son Lorenzo Tiepolo, were the only doges from the Tiepolo family. Lorenzo became the 46th doge of Venice, ruling 1268–1275.
Their fame was, however, surpassed by the infamy of great-grandson and grandson, Bajamonte Tiepolo. He was one of the leaders of the Tiepolo-Querini conspiracy of 1310, which led to the creation of the Council of Ten.
#Republic #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/venetians/jacopo-tiepolo-the-43rd-doge-of-venice/
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Bianca Cappello — a chronology
A chronology of the main events in the life of Bianca Cappello, Venetian noblewoman, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, and Daughter of the Republic.
#DaughterOfTheRepublic #Republic #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/venetians/bianca-cappello/bianca-cappello-a-chronology/
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Daughter of the Republic
Bianca Cappello was created “daughter of the Republic” because Venice didn’t have princesses.
https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/daughter-of-the-republic/
#1500s #BiancaCappello #DaughterOfTheRepublic #RepublicOfVenice #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice -
Domenico Pizzamano
Domenico Pizzamano never expected to end up in prison.
A nobleman should not be in prison, unless a traitor to the Republic. It was simply not the order of things.
And he was no traitor. He had done his duty to the Republic and to his class, ever since he had embarked on a Venetian galley at the age of eleven. Last year, when the Superintendent of the Lagoon had asked for volunteers in the defence of the city against Napoleon, he had stood up, along with little more than a dozen other noblemen.
#1700s #LagoonIslands #VenetianNobility #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/domenico-pizzamano/
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Chronology of the Fortress of Sant’Andrea
The Fortress of Sant'Andrea is a unique example of Renaissance military architecture and engineering, situated in the Venetian lagoon not far from Venice.
It is also, sadly, abandoned.
#ChronologyOrTimelines #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/list/chronology-of-the-fortress-of-santandrea/
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The fortress of Sant’Andrea
The Fortress of Sant'Andrea — in the Venetian lagoon not far from Venice — is a unique example of Renaissance military architecture and engineering. It is also a show-piece, to put the might and wealth of the Venetian state on display for everybody to see.
The fortress was a part of the defences of Venice from a surprise naval attack, and later ongoing conflicts with the Ottoman Turks kept the fear of naval incursions into the lagoon alive.
#LagoonIslands #VenetianNobility #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-venetian-lagoon/the-fortress-of-santandrea/
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Citizen of the Republic of Venice
What did it mean to be a citizen of the Republic of Venice?
The answer to that question very much depended on what lot you drew in the great lottery of birth.
The conditions of birth were all-important for what a person could be and do in life.
#Citizenship #LawAndOrder #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-republic-of-venice/citizen-of-the-republic-of-venice/
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The Republic of Venice
The Republic of Venice never had an actual formal constitution, much less a written constitution.
Neither did the Republic of Venice have any kind of foundational event. There was no special assembly, no vote, no declaration of independence. The early Venetians, while formally accepting Byzantine suzerainty, de facto started acting independently.
The Venetian state — and therefore also its offices and institutions — was changing continuously as conditions inside and outside of it changed, until it gradually found its form in the 1300s and 1400s.
#VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-republic-of-venice/
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The Venetian state
The Republic of Venice never had an actual formal constitution, much less a written constitution. Neither did it have any kind of foundational event.
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The Fall of Venice
The fall of Venice on May 12th, 1797, was the result of a war that the Republic of Venice formally wasn’t even party to.
#ItalianCampaign #OTD #Republic #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
https://historywalksvenice.com/social-media/the-fall-of-venice/
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However, we’ll make another
In the late Venetian republic, when the doge died, they held the funeral for a statue.
#LaSerenissima #HeadOfState #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
https://historywalksvenice.com/venetian-story/however-well-make-another/
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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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Chronology of major Venetian state institutions
The Venetian state was always an ad hoc construct, without any formal constitution. Consequently, the institutions of the Venetian state came and went at the convenience of the ruling elite.
The only institution which existed for the entire duration of the Republic of Venice was the Doge, but even the starting date of that is disputed.
For more information and links to the relevant sources and articles, see State institutions of the Republic of Venice. For the doges mentioned, see the list of all Doges of Venice.
#VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/list/chronology-of-major-venetian-state-institutions/
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Superintendents for the avoidance of superfluous expenses
The plague epidemic in Venice in 1575 left many public offices vacant. The plague didn't spare the rich or the powerful, and the holders of offices of state died of the plague too. The Venetian senate reacted by creating a new office of the Provveditori e Revisori sopra la scansazione e regolazione delle spese superflue — literally the "Superintendents and regulators for the avoidance and regulation of superfluous expenses."
The full title was rather long, so usually the title was just the Scansadori alle spese superflue — the Avoiders of superfluous expenses — or just the Scansadori.
#PlagueEpidemic1575 #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/superintendents-for-superfluous-expenses/
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Superintendents for the avoidance of superfluous expenses
The plague epidemic in Venice in 1575 left many public offices vacant. The plague didn't spare the rich or the powerful, and the holders of offices of state died of the plague too. The Venetian senate reacted by creating a new office of the Provveditori e Revisori sopra la scansazione e regolazione delle spese superflue — literally the "Superintendents and regulators for the avoidance and regulation of superfluous expenses."
The full title was rather long, so usually the title was just the Scansadori alle spese superflue — the Avoiders of superfluous expenses — or just the Scansadori.
#PlagueEpidemic1575 #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-republic-of-venice/superintendents-for-superfluous-expenses/
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Superintendents for the avoidance of superfluous expenses
The plague epidemic in Venice in 1575 left many public offices vacant. The plague didn't spare the rich or the powerful, and the holders of offices of state died of the plague too. The Venetian senate reacted by creating a new office of the Provveditori e Revisori sopra la scansazione e regolazione delle spese superflue — literally the "Superintendents and regulators for the avoidance and regulation of superfluous expenses."
The full title was rather long, so usually the title was just the Scansadori alle spese superflue — the Avoiders of superfluous expenses — or just the Scansadori.
#PlagueEpidemic1575 #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/2024/04/superintendents-for-superfluous-expenses/
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The Doge
The doge was the elected head of the Venetian Republic. He was elected for life by an arcane process that also included drawing lots.
#Doge #Elections #HeadOfState #RegioXVenetiaEtHistria #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
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Venetian Patent law — 1474
On the 19th of March, 1474, the Pregadi (the Senate of the Republic of Venice) enacted a law instituting an organised patent system.
This is the first time intellectual property appears in the legal system of an European state.
The basics of a patent system was already there, 550 years ago. An invention must be new, useful and actually work:
... who invents in this city any new or ingenious contraption non already invented under our rule, if he makes it to perfection so it can work and function ...
The inventor must register the invention to get the patent protection:
... are obliged to give notice hereof to the office of our provveditori de comun ...
#Laws #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-republic-of-venice/venetian-patent-law-1474/
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Venetian Patent law — 1474
On the 19th of March, 1474, the Pregadi (the Senate of the Republic of Venice) enacted a law instituting an organised patent system.
This is the first time intellectual property appears in the legal system of an European state.
The basics of a patent system was already there, 550 years ago. An invention must be new, useful and actually work:
#Laws #Sources #Translations #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/venetian-patent-law-1474/
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Venetian Patent law — 1474
On the 19th of March, 1474, the Pregadi (the Senate of the Republic of Venice) enacted a law instituting an organised patent system.
This is the first time intellectual property appears in the legal system of an European state.
The basics of a patent system was already there, 550 years ago. An invention must be new, useful and actually work:
#Laws #Sources #Translations #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/2024/03/venetian-patent-law-1474/
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State institutions of the Republic of Venice
The Republic of Venice had many institutions over the more than a millennium the state existed. The only institution, which existed throughout the life of the Venetian state, was the Doge.
The lack of a formal constitution meant that the institutions of the Venetian republic were often created on an ad-hoc basis, and they had a wide range of powers: legislative, executive and judicial together.
This page is an attempt to create an overview of the many Venetian state institutions, with links to the relevant sources, to the extent I have translated them.
Please note that the lists below are no complete — see the section Work-in-progress at the end.
#VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/list/state-institutions-of-the-republic-of-venice/
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Fornicators of Nuns
"Fornicators of Nuns" is probably not the first term you'll be looking for when you settle into an armchair with an old dictionary, just to browse it a bit out of general curiosity. It is one of those signs that the past is like another country. They did things differently, and sometimes very differently.
#1500s #1600s #LawAndOrder #Slavery #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/fornicators-of-nuns/
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A Venetian Law
Here and there in Venice, you can find long, often convoluted, inscriptions. Sometimes they're on a wall, sometimes on a freestanding stone. They're not monuments to anybody. Some are ancient laws of the Republic of Venice, published on the streets and marketplaces, so nobody could claim ignorance of the law — because ignorantia legis non excusat.
One such Venetian law inscription is mounted on the canal side wall of the Scuola Grande di San Marco, in Campo SS Giovanni e Paolo.
#Laws #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-republic-of-venice/a-venetian-law/
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Sestiere – sestieri
Venice is divided into six parts called sestieri - singular sestiere.
It has always been that way. From the earliest sources we have, there sestieri are there in Venice.
#Franks #HowVeniceWorks #Topography #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/sestiere-sestieri/
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The statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni
There aren't a lot of statues in Venice to commemorate great men of the past, but there is one for Bartolomeo Colleoni.
A huge equestrian statue of Colleoni dominates the Campo SS Giovanni e Paolo in central Venice. The statue is smack in the middle of the square in front of one of the most important churches of the city, and one of the Scuole Grandi, the most important charities of the Serenissima.
#EquestrianStatue #Monuments #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/venetians/the-statue-of-bartolomeo-colleoni/
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Venice might not have been
Venice was an independent state for almost a millennium, but it might note have been. It all hinged on a single battle fought in the Venetian lagoon in 810.
In the 700s, it had been a province of the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna for a long time. However, long wars between the Exarchate and the Lombards had reduced the province to just a sliver of lagoon, called Venetia Marittima, between Grado in the north and Ravenna in the south.
In 751, the Lombards got the better of the Exarchate, when they took Ravenna and captured and probably killed the last Exarch. Then the Franks under Charlemagne appeared in northern Italy, and defeated the Lombards.
#Byzantium #Charlemagne #Franks #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/early-venice/venice-might-not-have-been/
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The Maggior Consiglio
The Maggior Consiglio - or the Great Council - was the highest authority of the Venetian Republic.
While the name could give the impression that it was an elected body, it was not. The Maggior Consiglio was, in fact, the entire electorate.
#Republic #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-republic-of-venice/the-consiglio-maggiore/
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Long live the doge
Viva il doge - long live the doge.
It is not uncommon to find old writings and graffiti on the walls in Venice. Like in ancient Pompeii, the Venetians would write messages and proclamations on the walls of the city.
Some years ago, the Venetian writer Alberto Toso Fei found a hitherto unknown writing (in cocciopesto) on the side of the façade of the deconsecrated church of Santa Giustina.
The lower parts of the writing are mostly lost, but the first lines are readable.
The first line only contains the symbols W, a drawing of the doge's hat, and another W. W means viva, which is the exclamation "long live". The doge's hat, the corno ducale, refers to the doge as head of state.
#Doge #HeadOfState #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/curiosities/long-live-the-doge/