Dubrovnik : A History Paperback / softback
by Robin Harris
Paperback / softback
Description
Since emerging as a settlement in the seventh century, Dubrovnik held a significant position beyond what could have been expected of this tiny city-state.
Its merchants, trading throughout the huge Ottoman Empire, enjoyed privileges denied to other Western states.
A politically skilled and commercially enterprising ruling class took every opportunity to maximise the Republic's wealth.
Dubrovnik also faced the extreme dangers posed by Venetian aggressors, Ottoman plotters, a terrible earthquake in 1667 and, finally, the will of Napoleon.
In 1991-92, the city survived the besieging Yugoslav army, which heavily damaged but did not destroy Dubrovnik's cultural heritage.
This book is a comprehensive history of Dubrovnik's progress over twelve centuries of European development, encompassing arts, architecture, social and economic changes and the traumas of war and politics.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:504 pages, Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:Saqi Books
- Publication Date:31/01/2006
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- ISBN:9780863569593
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:504 pages, Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:Saqi Books
- Publication Date:31/01/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780863569593