Nevertheless, for Contarini, a lawmaker and diplomat, his beloved Republic of Venice offered an alternative: a dazzling and enduring model of self-government.

As it's known, the Most Serene Republic of Venice, that mighty maritime state born in the 8th century (independent since the 9th) and lasting until the late 18th century, was governed by a series of ...

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Venice is charging day-trippers to the famed canal city an arrivals tax for the second year starting Friday, a measure to combat the overtourism that officials say is ...

A major contribution to the history of political ideas, the book had considerable influence on the thinking of later political theorists, including some of the Founding Fathers, who looked to Venice ...

A Maritime Republic (1973) is the standard older history. See also Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan, Venice Triumphant. The Horizons of a Myth , trans. Lydia Cochrane (2002) and Garry Wills, Venice: Lion City.