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Author:
Perry, David M., 1973- author.
Title:
Sacred plunder : Venice and the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade / David M. Perry.
Publisher:
The Pennsylvania State University Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
x, 233 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Venice (Italy)--History--697-1508.
Group identity--Venice--Venice--History--To 1500.
Crusades--Fourth, 1202-1204--Historiography.
Crusades--Fourth, 1202-1204--Sources.
Crusades in literature.
Relics in literature.
To 1508
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Contexts. Constantinople's relics, 1204-1261 -- Pope Innocent III and sacrilege, 1204-1215 -- Texts. The translatio narratives of the Fourth Crusade -- Interpretations -- Outcomes. Translatio and Venice before and after 1204 -- Translatio and the myth of Venice.
Summary:
"Explores the emergence of a body of texts about relics transported from Constantinople to the West as a after the Fourth Crusade, and the role of these texts in the development of Venice's civic identity in the thirteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0271065079
9780271065076
OCLC:
(OCoLC)897001422
LCCN:
2014033309
Locations:
PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

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