Pietro Bembo History of Venice V 4 Books IIV: History of Venice: Books I-IV v. 1 (I Tatti Renaissance Library)

by PBembo (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2007

  $38.19

  Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), a Venetian nobleman, later a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, was the celebrated Latin stylist of his day and was admired for his writings in Italian. This book chronicles internal politics and events, and external affairs of Venice, principally conflicts with other European states and with the Turks in the East.