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Description of  The Republic of Venice: De magistratibus et republica Venetorum (Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library)

At a time when social scientists are increasingly focusing on the reasons why nations fail and democracies die, Filippo Sabetti turns to the opposite issue, asking instead why institutions endure. To do so, he presents Gasparo Contarinis sixteenth-century description of the Republic of Venice to help modern readers understand what made Venice the longest-lived self-constituted republic. Read more