Salve Venetia, gleanings from Venetian history vol. II

Salve Venetia, gleanings from Venetian history; vol. II

GLEANINGS FROM VENETIAN HISTORY BY FRANCIS MARION CRAWFORD WITH 225 ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOSEPH PENNELL IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd. 1906 All rights reserved {iv} Copyright, 1905, By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. Published December, 1905. Reprinted January, 1906. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. {v} Like other aristocracies, the Venetian government rarely destroyed or altogether abolished any office or regulation which had existed a long time. When a change was needed the duties or powers of one or more of the Councils were extended, or a committee of the Council{2} of Ten was appointed and presently turned into a separate tribunal, as when the Inquisitors of State were created. In one sense the government of Venice had now existed in a rigid and unchangeably aristocratic form during two centuries, and that form never changed to the very end. But in another sense no government in the world ever showed itself more flexible under the pressure of events, or better able to provide a new legislative weapon with which to combat each new danger that presented itself. This double character of an administration which inspired awe by its apparent immutability and terror by its ubiquity and energy, no doubt had much to do with its extraordinarily long life; for I believe that no civilised form of government ever endured so long as that of Venice. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 67156
Author: Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
Release Date: Jan 13, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: The Macmillan Co
Publication Date: 1906
Publisher Country: United States

Contributors

Illustrator: Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926