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The republic of Venice

Gasparo Contarini ; edited and introduced by Filippo Sabetti ; translated by Giuseppe Pezzini with Amanda Murphy

（The Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library）

University of Toronto Press, c2020

: hardcover

Other Title: De magistratibus et republica Venetorum

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Originally published in Latin, under the title: De magistratibus et republica Venetorum

Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-118) and index

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Description

At 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's sixteenth-century description of the Republic of Venice to help modern readers understand what made Venice the longest-lived self-constituted republic. In 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's The Republic of Venice just as instructive, if not more so, as Machiavelli's The Prince. 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's classic work, based directly on the original Latin.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Gasparo Contarini and Enduring Institutions Filippo Sabetti Appendix A: The Myth and Anti-myth of Venice Appendix B: Glossary of Terms Appendix C: Principal Events in Gasparo Contarini's Life Notes on the Translation: The Latin of De magistratibus et republica Venetorum Giuseppe Pezzini The Republic of Venice Book I. The City and the Great Council Book II. The Doge Book III. The Senate, the Council of Ten, and the Courts Book IV. Magistracies of the Republic Book V. Magistracies beyond the City, the Army, and Civic Institutions References Index

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