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Edizione del testo latino con traduzione in inglese della Historia ducum Venetorum (Storia dei dogi veneziani, 1102-1229), primo testo storico veneziano scritto dopo la Quarta Crociata e unica cronaca veneziana pervenutaci composta dopo gli inizi dell'undicesimo secolo. Il volume presenta anche l'edizione e la traduzione di due altri brevi ma preziosi testi storici: il racconto dell'elezione del doge Domenico Silvo (1071), composto da un testimone oculare, un ecclesiastico veneziano chiamato Domenico Tino, e gli Annali veneziani brevi (1062-1195), probabilmente scritti da un ecclesiastico veneziano alla fine del dodicesimo secolo.
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The twelfth and early thirteenth centuries were a crucial period for the emergence of Venice as one of the major powers in the Mediterranean. Taking advantage of the conquest of the Holy Land and the weakening of Byzantine naval power, the Venetians' policy in the eastern Mediterranean aimed both at strengthening their position in that area and acquiring new markets. In order to do so, they demonstrated their readiness to use force. For the first time in their history, the Venetians went to the eastern Mediterranean not only for trading but also for fighting, becoming involved in the Crusades and establishing a relationship with the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem after the First Crusade.
The goal of this volume is to present the edition of the Latin text and the English translation of the Historia ducum Venetorum (History of the Venetian Dukes) which describes this period. It is the first Venetian historical text composed after the Fourth Crusade, and it is also the only extant chronicle composed in Venice after the beginning of the eleventh century.
In this volume the edition and translation of the Historia ducum Venetorum is accompanied by other two historical texts: the Brief Venetians Annals and the Account of the Election of Dominic Silvo as Duke of the Venetians by Dominic Tino.