{"product_id":"venice-paperback-1","title":"Venice - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam H. McNeill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this magisterial history, National Book Award winner William H. McNeill chronicles the interactions and disputes between Latin Christians and the Orthodox communities of eastern Europe during the period 1081-1797. Concentrating on Venice as the hinge of European history in the late medieval and early modern period, McNeill explores the technological, economic, and political bases of Venetian power and wealth, and the city's unique status at the frontier between the papal and Orthodox Christian worlds. He pays particular attention to Venetian influence upon southeastern Europe, and from such an angle of vision, the familiar pattern of European history changes shape. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"No other historian would have been capable of writing a book as direct, as well-informed and as little weighed down by purple prose as this one. Or as impartial. McNeill has succeeded admirably.\"-Fernand Braudel, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The book is serious, interesting, occasionally compelling, and always suggestive.\"-Stanley Chojnacki, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam H. McNeill \u003c\/b\u003eis the Robert A. Millikan Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Department of History and the College at the University of Chicago. His many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Pursuit of Power, The Rise of the West, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMythistory and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by the University of Chicago Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8.56 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42135262101639,"sku":"9780226561493","price":58.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/267d99759f829fcaa61cac71fddbd2ed_23321a0f-4695-4717-bb0d-56ba58fc283e.webp?v=1732648157","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/venice-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}