Dubrovnik: A HistorySaqi Books, 31 gen 2006 - 504 pagine Since emerging as a settlement in the seventh century, Dubrovnik has faced Venetian aggressors, Ottoman plotters, a terrible earthquake in 1667 and, finally, the will of Napoleon. In 1991–92 the city survived the besieging Yugoslav army, which heavily damaged but did not destroy its cultural heritage.This book is a comprehensive history of Dubrovnik's progress over twelve centuries of European development, encompassing arts, architecture, social and economic changes, politics and the trauma of war. |
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Dubrovnik Within the Ottoman Empire c 13961526 | 8 |
Dubrovnik Between the Habsburgs Venice and the Porte | 18 |
The Institutions of Government and the Challenges They Faced | 18 |
Economic Development c 12721667 | 18 |
Dubrovniks Social Structure and Mores c 1300c 1667 | 26 |
Settlement and Urban Planning Fortification | 35 |
The Great Earthquake and its Aftermath 16671669 | 35 |
Political Economic Social and Cultural Life 16691792 | 43 |
The Background to and Circumstances of | 43 |
Ragusan Shadows Episodes from the Later History of Dubrovnik | 87 |
Notes | 94 |
A Note on Money Weights and Measures | 143 |
Bibliography | 166 |
Ecclesiastical Organization and Spirituality in Dubrovnik c 1190 | 26 |
Literature Scholarship Painting and Music c 1358c 1667 | 26 |
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