Dr. Edward Muir, Northwestern University, joins the show to talk about Venice during the Renaissance: island infrastructure projects, trade, governance, level of religious tolerance, & more.
Professor Edward Muir is Clarence L. Versteeg Professor in the Arts and Sciences and Professor of History and Italian in the Department of History at Northwestern University.
Some topics explored
- The demarcation of Venice’s land holdings during the Renaissance period
- Venice as a republic and its governance model
- How Doges were selected
- The office of Rectors
- Its relationship with Constantinople
- Its maritime activities
- How maritime explorations to South America, India, etc. by the Portuguese, Spanish, etc. affected Venice
- How Doges were selected
- The islands and infrastructure projects
- Ravenna during the western Roman Empire period
- Contrasting Venice versus Florence during the Renaissance period
- Its population size estimates
- The fall of Constantinople (1453) and how it affected Venice
- A Christian court that operated at the Ottoman-controlled Constantinople that Venice used to interact with the Ottoman empire
- The Black Death (in the 14th century) and how it impacted Venice
- Religion orientations and tolerance in Venice during the period
Listen to the episode
The episode can be streamed below and is available on major podcast apps: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music.
Show Notes
- Professor Muir is author of many publications including the books The Culture Wars of the Late Renaissance: Skeptics, Libertines, and Opera (Harvard University Press) and Civic Ritual in Renaissance Venice (Princeton University Press)
- During the episode Dr Muir mentioned two examples of Venetian Renaissance artists for those interested in viewing their works: Titian and Tintoretto
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