Venice, A Maritime Republic Edward M. Corbett The essays in Balkan Identities

The essays in Balkan Identities grapple with three major problems: the construction of historical memory

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Venice, A Maritime Republic Edward M. Corbett The essays in Balkan Identities''Frederic Lane has achieved what is the often unfulfilled dream of every historian who has devoted his entire work to the exploration of partial aspects of a single broad subject: he has given us a comprehensive, thoughtful, readable, beautifully illustrated general history of Venice from the origins to the beginning of decline.''Speculum