John the Deacon (Venetian chronicler; c.940–c.1018)
John the Deacon (c.940–c.1018; also Giovanni da Venezia, Giovanni Diacono, Iohannes Diaconus or Iohannes Venetus) was a Venetian chronicler and secretary to doge Pietro Orseolo II.
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The “Istoria Veneticorum” by John the Deacon
The “Istoria Veneticorum” from around the year 1000, is the first work in the historiography of Venice.
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The “Chronicon Altinate”
The “Chronicon Altinate” is one of the central medieval sources to early Venetian history, used extensively since it was written.