The Serrata of the Greater Council of Venice, 1282-1323: the documents

Kohl, Benjamin G. (2014) The Serrata of the Greater Council of Venice, 1282-1323: the documents. In: Venice and the Veneto during the Renaissance: the Legacy of Benjamin Kohl. Reti Medievali E-Book (21). Firenze University Press, Firenze, pp. 3-34. ISBN 978-88-6655-663-3

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Abstract

This study, admittedly sui generis, provides for the first time a complete corpus of the laws that constituted the gradual constitutional reform, the so-called Serrata or closing of the Greater Council, that lasted over a generation, 1282-1323. It was originally meant by Ben Kohl to be the appendix to the first chapter of his planned book on the governance of Venice. It consists of critical editions of the Latin documents plus a translation in English of each. Each document is introduced by a brief summary in English; a commentary accompanies the text of the laws where necessary. In the past, historians seeking to come to grips with this momentous reform in Venetian history have done so without a complete corpus and with inaccurate transcriptions. Scholars and students alike will hopefully now be able to debate the issues involved on a surer footing

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	Edited by Reinhold C. Mueller. - Nella sezione: "Government and Society in Venice". - This article was originally presented in December 2009 at the conference in honor of Michael Mallett entitled “A Tale of Two Cities. Venice and Florence in the Renaissance” and held at the University ofWarwick center in Venice. It was conceptualized as part of a larger study on the functioning of themedieval Venetian state, a project which was sadly left unfinished. Monique O’Connell has edited it,inserting section titles and making minor adjustments to language. The major editorial interventionlies in the addition of notes; in the absence of an accompanying bibliography, the references have been reconstructed from the author’s computer files. Every effort has been made to reflect Kohl’s intentionsin this regard, but there are doubtless omissions that remain.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Middle Ages; 13th-14th century; Venice; Politics; Institutions; Serrata of the Great Council; Sources
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History
Depositing User:	dr Vincenzo De Luise
Date Deposited:	13 Apr 2019 14:14
Last Modified:	01 Oct 2024 09:35
URI:	http://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/4995

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