Roger Crowley is a UK-based writer and historian and a graduate of Cambridge University. As the child of a naval family, his fascination with the Mediterranean world started early, on the island of Malta. He has lived in Istanbul, walked across much of western Turkey, and traveled widely throughout the region. His particular interests are the Byzantine, Venetian, and Ottoman empires, seafaring, and eyewitness history. He is the author of three books on the empires of the Mediterranean and its surroundings: 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople (2005), Empires of the Sea (2008) and City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Waves (2012). His website address is www.rogercrowley.co.uk, where he blogs about history.
Crowley’s popular histories—this is his fourth—pivot around power politics of the Mediterranean Sea, circa 1453 (2005). Venice is the player this lively narrative focuses on, specifically during the three centuries, from 1200 to 1500, in which it was at the apex of its sway over maritime trade. Accenting the city-state’s mercantile spirit, Crowley supports his narrative of the period’s numerous naval wars with explanations of the commerce they were fought to command. Acquiring an imperial archipelago in the process of serving as spice broker between Europe and Asia, Venice reached around Greece to Constantinople and as far as southern Russia. Anchored by fortresses, linked by galleys, Venice’s commercial empire faced challenges from Mongols, Genoa, and Ottoman Turks, and the diplomatic and military means by which Venice addressed those threats provide the most vivid passages and personalities in Crowley’s account. Had Vittorio Pisano not defeated Genoa in 1380, Venice might not be the tourist attraction of today. A deft writer, Crowley renders the Venetian part in late medieval times interesting indeed to history buffs
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記錄瞭Venice從1000AD到1500AD的故事,大篇幅放在瞭1204AD Constantinople之戰,其他部分內容(黑海開拓,剋裏特統治,黑死病傳播,1380AD對Genoa絕地反擊),可以作為閱讀海都物語後的補充。
評分記錄瞭Venice從1000AD到1500AD的故事,大篇幅放在瞭1204AD Constantinople之戰,其他部分內容(黑海開拓,剋裏特統治,黑死病傳播,1380AD對Genoa絕地反擊),可以作為閱讀海都物語後的補充。
評分記錄瞭Venice從1000AD到1500AD的故事,大篇幅放在瞭1204AD Constantinople之戰,其他部分內容(黑海開拓,剋裏特統治,黑死病傳播,1380AD對Genoa絕地反擊),可以作為閱讀海都物語後的補充。
評分記錄瞭Venice從1000AD到1500AD的故事,大篇幅放在瞭1204AD Constantinople之戰,其他部分內容(黑海開拓,剋裏特統治,黑死病傳播,1380AD對Genoa絕地反擊),可以作為閱讀海都物語後的補充。
評分記錄瞭Venice從1000AD到1500AD的故事,大篇幅放在瞭1204AD Constantinople之戰,其他部分內容(黑海開拓,剋裏特統治,黑死病傳播,1380AD對Genoa絕地反擊),可以作為閱讀海都物語後的補充。
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