HISC65H3 Lecture 8: HISC65-8 PRINT.docx
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1400"s prosperous republics w/ special relat" w. diff. territories. Empire as defined in the oed partic. in med. but there were several other states that had similar situation (over sea relations but also civic state e. g. genoa); no mainland positions at this time. Ethos: frugal polity constantly trying to defend itself. 1600: only remaining republic on it. peninsula (others part of other polit. structure, taken over, or lost republican flavour) 1500 maps: venice controlling two different kinds of territories. Maritime (only reached by boat, all those territories nearby v. even if not speaking. Venneto, adriatic territories [croatia, slovenia, dalmatia, crete cyprus]) *16th cent. cease to be v. or become even more under v. control. Terra ferma: on it. mainland, having diff. politic/relat. to v. state. *16th cent. in the wake of the battle of agnadello, state becomes more involved w/ the mainland. Econ. and cult. remunerations: elites of v. increasingly invest in agric. /villas/mainland.
