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 doges Deusdedit (742-755), Galla (755–756), Domenico Monegario (756–764), Maurizio Galbaio (764–787) and his son Giovanni (787–804), from the "Chronica per extensum descripta" (1340s) by Andrea Dandolo.
The doges Deusdedit (742-755), Galla (755–756), Domenico Monegario (756–764), Maurizio Galbaio (764–787) and his son Giovanni (787–804), from the "Istoria Veneticorum" by John the Deacon.
The Lombard attack on Ravenna, and the Venetian intervention to restore the Exarchate, excerpt from the "Chronica per extensum descripta" (1340s) by Andrea Dandolo.
The Lombard conquest of Ravenna and how the Venetians saved the Exarchate (730s or 740s), excerpt from the "Istoria Veneticorum" by John the Deacon.
The Chronicon Altinate contains an apocryphal account of how duke Paulicius was killed in a factional fight between people from Equilo and Heraclia.
The Pactum Lotharii was a treaty between the Duchy of the Venetians and the Holy Roman Empire, or parts thereof, from 840.
Ursus Hypatos was the third doge of Venice, likely the first chosen locally, but we have almost no sources for him.
The earliest written source related to the inhabitants of the Venetian lagoons, is a letter from Cassiodorus, written in 537.
In the 730s or early 740s, Hildeprand, nephew of king Liutprand, and Peredeo, duke of Vicenza, managed to take Ravenna, the capital of the Exarchate of Ravenna.
The events around the demise of the Exarchate of Ravenna only involved the Venetians marginally. It is nevertheless important to the history of Venice.
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