However, I'd be interested to know what interpretations in particular have been attacked. I seem to remember when I read his history of Byzantium that I found a few points with which to argue, and in Venice I thought he went too easy on the Venetians for the Sack of Constantinople (see above discussion), but the general terms of his history seemed pretty reasonable - his analysis of the slow corruption of the state to the point where a troublemaker like Zen, even when pointing out actual violations of Venetian law, was seen as a nuisance to be removed, for example, was in keeping with the facts as he presented them. Also, Venice's decline was all but assured when sea routes to the Far East opened up. I'm struggling to find something in particular in the history I read that seemed far off the mark.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
A History of Venice by John Julius Norwich
29/12/2012 11:39:31 PM
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Was I the one who recommended this book to you?
30/12/2012 03:28:16 PM
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I bought this one sua sponte from the Folio Society.
30/12/2012 05:02:12 PM
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This is definitely on my list.
31/12/2012 07:01:05 PM
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The Fourth Crusade was a travesty for world civilization
31/12/2012 09:48:20 PM
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Ah, I see your point.
31/12/2012 10:58:33 PM
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Well, the Venetians weren't the ones doing the worst of the looting...
01/01/2013 07:36:49 AM
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It's extremely readable
03/01/2013 02:09:23 AM
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I don't doubt that he extrapolates a bit much
04/01/2013 03:48:28 AM
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I don't recall the specifics.
05/01/2013 03:49:26 AM
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