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Just when you think you know someone, they conquer part of mainland Italy.
Venice built its medieval identity on seafaring, so what happened when their gaze shifted west during the Renaissance and they stepped onto the Italian peninsula?
SOURCES & Further Reading
“Renaissance Venice” from “The Italian Renaissance” by Kenneth R. Bartlett
“The Venetian Empire” by Jan Morris
“A History of Venice” by John Julius Norwich
Also direct visits to Venice, Padova, Vicenza, and Verona in the course of researching & scripting this video – with stops at the Doge's Palace, Saint Mark's Basilica, The Scrovegni Chapel, Saint Anthony's Basilica, University of Padova's Palazzo Bo, the Palladio Museum, The Basilica Palladiana, the Scaligeri Tombs
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"Pizza Theme" from "Spider-Man 2: The Game"
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Just when you think you know someone, they conquer part of mainland Italy.
Venice built its medieval identity on seafaring, so what happened when their gaze shifted west during the Renaissance and they stepped onto the Italian peninsula?
SOURCES & Further Reading
“Renaissance Venice” from “The Italian Renaissance” by Kenneth R. Bartlett
“The Venetian Empire” by Jan Morris
“A History of Venice” by John Julius Norwich
Also direct visits to Venice, Padova, Vicenza, and Verona in the course of researching & scripting this video – with stops at the Doge's Palace, Saint Mark's Basilica, The Scrovegni Chapel, Saint Anthony's Basilica, University of Padova's Palazzo Bo, the Palladio Museum, The Basilica Palladiana, the Scaligeri Tombs
MUSIC:
"Village Consort" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
"Pizza Theme" from "Spider-Man 2: The Game"
Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up.
PRE-ORDER AURORA VOLUME 1: comicaurora.com/books
PATREON: Patreon.com/OSP
PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe
DISCORD: discord.gg/osp
MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/
OUR WEBSITE: OverlySarcasticProductions.com
Find us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/overlysarcastic.bsky.social
Find us on Reddit Reddit.com/r/OSP
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