Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . material and decoration. The dogespalace contained the government offices and the magnificent halls inwhich the senate and Council of Ten met. The palace was begunabout 1300, and the fajade we see in the picture was commencedabout a hundred years later. It shows the influence of the Gothicstyle, which penetrated into northern Italy preferred to draw her food supplies from the neighborhood in-stead of transporting them across the Adriatic from her easternpo
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . material and decoration. The dogespalace contained the government offices and the magnificent halls inwhich the senate and Council of Ten met. The palace was begunabout 1300, and the fajade we see in the picture was commencedabout a hundred years later. It shows the influence of the Gothicstyle, which penetrated into northern Italy preferred to draw her food supplies from the neighborhood in-stead of transporting them across the Adriatic from her easternpossessions. Moreover, all the Italian cities except Aenice al-ready controlled a larger or smaller area of country about them. -Medieval Tozvns — their Business and Buildings 225 In the fifteenth century Venice reached the height of its pros-perity. It had a population of two hundred thousand, which wasvery large for those days. It had three hundred seagoingvessels which went to and fro in the Mediterranean, carryingwares from the East to the West. It had a war fleet of forty-five galleys, manned by eleven thousand marines ready to. Fig. 64. Senate Chamber in the Doges Palace This is an example of the magnificent decoration of the rooms used by the Venetian government. It was adorned by celebrated painters in the sixteenth century, when Venice became famous for its artists fight the battles of the republic, and had agents in every im-portant city of Europe. But when the route to India by seawas discovered (see next section), Venice could no longerkeep control of the trade with the East, and while it remainedan important city, it no longer enjoyed its former influenceand power. Although Venice was called a republic, it was really gov-erned by a very small group of persons. In 1311, after a 226 Medieval and Modem Times Aristocraticgovernmentof Venice Position andcharacter ofthe Italiandespots The con-dottien rebellion, the famous Council of Ten was created as a sort ofcommittee
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