Articles
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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 it have any kind of foundational event.
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A Chronology of the Fall of Venice
The Republic of Venice ended on May 12th, 1797. The decline had been long and slow, but the final blow came from France.
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The plague doctor
The plague doctor with the beaked mask might not have much to do with Venice — that figure is more likely to be French.
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Sources and publications
A list of some of the sources and publications used to create this web site — spanning half a millennium.
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Superintendents for the avoidance of superfluous expenses
The Republic of Venice had a magistracy of “Superintendents and regulators for the avoidance and regulation of superfluous expenses.”
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The ASV Indice by Andrea da Mosto
The L’Archivio di Stato di Venezia : indice generale, storico, descrittivo ed analitico (shortened ASV Indice) by Andrea da Mosto is a very useful reference to all the major and minor institutions and offices of the Republic of Venice.
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Venetian Patent law — 1474
The first patent law ever was Venetian, issued by the Pregadi (Senate) on March 19th, 1474.
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The Dizionario del Dialetto Veneziano by Giuseppe Boerio
The Dizionario del Dialetto Veneziano by Giuseppe Boerio from 1829 is the essential dictionary of the late Venetian language for anybody trying to read old Venetian texts.
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Però l’anderà parte — vadit pars
Legal texts from the Republic of Venice often contains some particular Venetian idioms, such as “però l’anderà parte” and “vadit pars”
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The Lessico Veneto by Fabio Mutinelli
The Lessico Veneto — Lexicon of the Veneto — by Fabio Mutinelli from 1851 is another of those must-have books for anybody interested in Venetian history, which is exact why it was written.