The writings on this site are split into several categories, but they’re all listed here together, chronologically, newest first.
The categories are Articles, Blog posts, Venetian Stories (newsletters), Lists and translations from Curiosità Veneziane.
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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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However, we’ll make another
In the late Venetian republic, when the doge died, they held the funeral for a statue.
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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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Feasts and Celebrations in Venice
The calendar of feasts and celebrations in Venice was full of events which are now largely forgotten.
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Scuole Grandi
The Scuole Grandi — or the Great Schools — were Venetian medieval charities which due to their wealth became important institutions
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The Venetian constitution
The constitution of the Republic of Venice never really existed. The Venetian nobility just made it up as they went.
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Chronology of major Venetian state institutions
The Venetian state was always an ad hoc construct, and institutions came and went at the convenience of the ruling elite.
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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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Quarantine in the 1600s
Quarantine was the main method of prevention of the black plague in Venice, and the lazzaretti served that purpose.
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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.