{"product_id":"the-republic-of-venice-de-magistratibus-et-republica-venetorum-paperback-softback-9781487546021","title":"The Republic of Venice; De Magistratibus Et Republica Venetorum (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487546021","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Republic of Venice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDe Magistratibus Et Republica Venetorum\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGasparo Contarini (Author), Filippo Sabetti (Edited by), Giuseppe Pezzini (Translated by), Amanda Murphy (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487546021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 June 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.24 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Republic of Venice\u003c\/em\u003e gives the reader a good look at the institutions and ideas that fostered the city\u0026amp;#x2019;s success and also how some of those came to influence to the institutions of the young United States.\" - A. A. Nofi (\u003cem\u003eStrategyPage\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time when social scientists are increasingly focusing on the reasons why nations fail and democracies die, Filippo Sabetti turns to the opposite issue, asking instead why institutions endure. To do so, he presents Gasparo Contarini\u0026amp;#x2019;s sixteenth-century description of the Republic of Venice to help modern readers understand what made Venice the longest-lived self-constituted republic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn its long history, Venice was the only city that succeeded in constructing a durable republicanism, and it was one of the earliest to depart from the hierarchical world of national monarchies and sovereignties. Sabetti suggests that students of politics will find Contarini\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003ci\u003eThe Republic of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e just as instructive, if not more so, as Machiavelli\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e. In his analysis of human nature, Contarini matches Machiavelli's secularism and realism, but goes much further; examining the case of Venice, he shows how it is possible for fallible human beings to construct a successful and stable government. This is the first modern English-language edition of Contarini\u0026amp;#x2019;s classic work, based directly on the original Latin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Gasparo Contarini and Enduring Institutions\u003cbr\u003eFilippo Sabetti\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: The Myth and Anti-myth of Venice \u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Glossary of Terms\u003cbr\u003eAppendix C: Principal Events in Gasparo Contarini\u0026amp;#x2019;s Life\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on the Translation: The Latin of \u003cem\u003eDe magistratibus et republica Venetorum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGiuseppe Pezzini\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Republic of Venice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBook I. The City and the Great Council\u003cbr\u003eBook II. The Doge\u003cbr\u003eBook III. The Senate, the Council of Ten, and the Courts\u003cbr\u003eBook IV. Magistracies of the Republic \u003cbr\u003eBook V. Magistracies beyond the City, the Army, and Civic Institutions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681231434008,"sku":"9781487546021","price":16.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-republic-of-venice-de-magistratibus-et-republica-venetorum-paperback-softback-9781487546021","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}