A Companion to Venetian History, 1400-1797
138 benjamin arbel image of the stato da mar as a chain of ports whose main function was to serve as infrastructure for Venice’s ...
venice’s maritime empire in the early modern period 139 potential role of a territory as an information relay station was probab ...
140 benjamin arbel Wherever international commerce was a predominant factor in gaining a foothold overseas, the Venetian presenc ...
venice’s maritime empire in the early modern period 141 followed the Venetian takeover of Zante in 1482.37 In all these cases Ve ...
142 benjamin arbel with the Ottomans (1715–18).38 From around the early 16th century, there is a clear change in the modes of ac ...
venice’s maritime empire in the early modern period 143 were lost during the same years (Negroponte, Coron, Modon, Lepanto, Zonc ...
144 benjamin arbel entry to the Ambracian Gulf ), Zante (Zakynthos), and Cephalonia (with its island dependency of Ithaca). Fina ...
venice’s maritime empire in the early modern period 145 Venice allowed local elites to organize in councils that were granted au ...
146 benjamin arbel this regard should be decided in Venetian courts, where Venice’s political interests could also be safeguarde ...
venice’s maritime empire in the early modern period 147 and profit49 but also to act for the well-being of the territory entrust ...
148 benjamin arbel model, with institutions and magistracies that bore names similar to the Venetian ones: the duke (duca), the ...
venice’s maritime empire in the early modern period 149 elected to these positions or to the subordinate offices in larger colon ...
150 benjamin arbel and Paxo were elected in the Community Council of Corfu,64 and those of Ithaka (in the Venetian sources: Teac ...
venice’s maritime empire in the early modern period 151 obviously tended to have personal and local interests that differed from ...
152 benjamin arbel a provveditore generale. Zara was already declared as the chief town of Venetian Dalmatia in 1450, and its go ...
venice’s maritime empire in the early modern period 153 Following the conquest of the entire Peloponnese in the 1680s, the newly ...
154 benjamin arbel of food supply, each Istrian district continued to act independently.86 In the following century, however, th ...
venice’s maritime empire in the early modern period 155 to prepare themselves for their service abroad. Returning governors also ...
156 benjamin arbel V. Colonial Justice The Venetian system of justice played a leading role in maintaining social and political ...
venice’s maritime empire in the early modern period 157 mentioned “the approved local customs.” The fourth and last possibility ...
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