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 eventful reign of John VI, bishop of Ravenna (726–744), from the "Liber pontificalis ecclesiae Ravennatis".
An excerpt of the "Liber Pontificalis" for Gregory II about iconoclasm in Byzantine Italy in 726.
An account of the anti-iconoclast rebellion of 726–727 in Byzantine Italy, from the "Historia Langobardorum" by Paul the Deacon.
The second doge of Venice, Marcellus, might not have been a Venetian duke, but a Byzantine official.
Venice started as a Byzantine duchy, ruled by a "dux", but at some point, they started chosing their own dux — or doge. When, or even who, is not clear.
Was the first doge really the first? Did he even exist? There are some serious doubt about doge Paulicius (697·717) to be examined.
The account of the election of the first three doges of Venice (Pauluccio, Marcello and Orso), from the anonymous "Chronicon Altinate".
The first doges, from the "Chronica per extensum descripta" (1340s) by Andrea Dandolo.
The "Chronica per extensum descripta" by doge Andrea Dandolo was an influential early chronicle for the history of Venice.
The account of the election of the first three doges of Venice (Pauluccio, Marcello and Orso), from the "Istoria Veneticorum" by John the Deacon.
The name Venice is from the ancient tribe of the Veneti, whose lands became a Roman province, with the name of "Venetia et Histria"
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.