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Set Texts and Preparatory Reading

Set Texts
  • Chambers, David, and Brian Pullan (eds and trans), ​​Venice: A Documentary History 1450-1630 (1992; rept. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001)
  • Dursteler, Eric R. (ed.), (Leiden: Brill, 2013) Brill e-book

As the Dursteler collection is available as an e-book via the 91¸£Àû Library, we ask only that you buy a copy of the Chambers and Pullan collection before you arrive in Venice. You can find buying options . NB There will be set reading from it each week and it will be useful for your essays.

Preparatory Reading

In order to get the most out of the module, you are encouraged to read a selection of the following books (all available online via the 91¸£Àû Library) in addition to the set texts before you arrive in Venice:

  • **Lane, F.C., (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973) [This is particularly recommended]
  • Nichols, Tom, (London: Laurence King, 2016)
  • Romano, Dennis, (New York, 2024)

Francesco Pianta, Fury and Bookcase 

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