The Venetian constitution

Several recent Venetian Stories and many other posts on the History Walks Venice website have touched on legal issues: laws around prostitution and fun-loving nuns, but also issues like legal protections for inventors and just keeping order in general.

One particularity shared by these stories is that the people and institutions making the laws were the same as those who enforced the laws and who judged transgressions of the same laws.

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Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/the-venetian-constitution/

Episode 17 — Venice and the plague – part 1

In 1348 — or maybe late in 1347 — a ship arrived in Venice with an unexpected — and unwanted — cargo.

From the Black Sea, besides the normal goods of hemp, fur, cotton and silk, it brought the plague to Venice.

From Venice, the plague moved onwards to all of Western Europe.

Millions died in what was probably one of the largest disasters ever to hit the continent.

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Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/podcast/episode-17-venice-and-the-plague-part-1/