Historical Justifications of Venetian Power in the Adriatic

Bibliographic Data

ID4456683
AuthorsFilippo De Vivo (0000-0003-3944-9473, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume64
Issue2
Pages159-176
Publication date2003-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the History of Ideas (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-5037 • E-ISSN: 1086-3222
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jhi.2003.0031
OpenAlexW2107312967
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited12

This article asks whether a myth can be collapsed into history by describing the material signs of memory as "evidence." In a story dear to the Venetian hearts, in 1177 the Republic of Venice defeated the imperial fleet and brought peace back to Italy. For centuries, this narrative was recounted and its truth upheld against growing political and scholarly criticism, first through the ritual display of evidence, then through its discussion in a large literary production. In the seventeenth century, it is argued, the notion of evidence was abandoned in favor of the sheer affirmation of power

Art · Criticism · Literature · Mythology · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Law · Philosophy

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