A Companion to Venetian History, 1400-1797

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Territory Years of Venetian Rule in the
Early Modern Period

Bishoprics

b. The Western Aegean
Legina (Egina) 1451–1540; 1687–1715
Negroponte (Euboia,
Evia)

[1390]–1470 (direct Ven. rule) Bp

c. The Northern Sporades and Northern Aegean
Schiato (Skiatos) 1453–1540
Sciopoli (Skopelos) 1453–1540
Schiro (Skyros) 1453–1540
Lemno (Limnos,
Stalimeni)

1464–79; 1656–57

Inbro (Imbros,

Canakkale)

1466–70

Taso (Tassos) 1466–79

Samotracia (Evros,

Samotrake)

1466–79

XI. The Eastern Greek Mainland

Athens [1394]–1403; 1687–88
Fitileo (Pteleon) [1337]–1470
Salonica (Thesaloniki) 1423–30 Gbp

XII. The Eastern Mediterranean

Cyprus 1474–1571 Abp+3 Bps
+4Gbps

XIII. The Black Sea

Tana (Azak, Rostov) 1397–1478

Abbreviations: Abp=Latin archbishop’s seat; Bp (without further specification)=Latin
bishop’s seat; destr.=destroyed; ent.=entirely; fam.=family, families; Gr.=Greek; Gbp=Greek
bishop; Met.=Metropolitan bishop; OL=overlordship; Ott.=Ottoman; p.o.=part of (the);
reconstr.=reconstructed; TF=terraferma; Ven.=Venetian.
Earlier Venetian rule is only indicated (in brackets) if continuous with the early modern
period.

Table I (cont.)