History Walks in Venice
History Walks in Venice
René Seindal
History Walks Venice is run by René Seindal. René is Danish by birth, but lives in Venice for fifteen years with Martina, his Venetian wife, and their two dogs Stella and Giubba. René has an M.A. in History and Italian, and a B.Sc. in computer science and math, both from the University of Copenhagen. He is also an authorized tour leader (accompagnatore turistico) in Italy.
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The lagoon was settled in Antiquity, and in the 600s, there were numerous known towns, and several important cities. Venice, however, was not one of them.
There were more lagoons on the coast of Venetia than what exists today, and even the lagoon landscapes were different. In fact, had it been left to nature, there would have been no lagoons today.
The list of lagoon settlements before the year 1000, from the "Istoria Veneticorum" by John the Deacon.
An incomplete list of the Byzantine exarchs (vice-emperors) of the Exarchate of Ravenna.
Following the Lombard invasion and conquest of Venetia, a part of the Venetian population of the mainland cities fled or left for the settlements in the nearby lagoons.
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The account of the Lombard conquest of the remaining parts of Byzantine Venetia in the 600s — from "Historia Langobardorum" by Paul the Deacon.
The invasion of the Lombards in 568 was only the first part of the Lombard conquest of the Byzantine province of Venetia.
The "Istoria Veneticorum" from around the year 1000, is the first work in the historiography of Venice.
A list of some of the main events of the Lombard conquest of Byzantine Venetia and other parts of Italy.
The "Chronicon Altinate" is one of the central medieval sources to early Venetian history, used extensively since it was written.
The Kingdom of the Lombards played a major role in early Venetian history, as it was the Lombard invasion of Italy in 568 which started the formation of later Venice.
A summary of the main primary sources for the early history of Venice, and where to find them.
The "Liber Pontificalis" on how a Byzantine general invited the Lombards to come and possess Italy, if they pleased.
Why did the Lombards decide to invade Byzantine Italy in 568? A popular story was the Byzantine general Narses, who had just retaken Italy for the empire, invited them. Was Narses a traitor to the empire?