A podcast of Venetian Stories — episodes from the History of Venice from the time of Augustus until today. It is not a chronological narrative, but a series of freestanding episodes from the two millennia of Venetian history. Chronology is, however, the mother of all History, and she cannot be ignored. Therefore, the first few […]
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12.3.2025 06:15Comment on Episode 5 — Ascendancy by René SeindalExcerpt Venice became a more important state in the 1000s and 1100s, and started to build not only their trading empire, but also more equal relations to the Byzantine Empire, the Holy Roman Empire and the Pope in Rome. Links Transcript Building on trade The Venetian elite were predominantly merchants, so securing international trading relations […]
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27.2.2025 08:10Comment on Episode 4 — Becoming a state by René SeindalVenice appeared as a kind of, but not quite, sovereign polity in the late 700s and 800s. Venetian society, no longer governed directly by Constantinople, nor really independent, had to survive between the two super-powers of their time, Byzantium and the Carolingian Empire.
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19.2.2025 08:14Comment on Spring-summer 2025 schedule by René SeindalFor the spring and summer of 2025 I will try to maintain a schedule with two episodes each month, or every second week. The reason is not a lack of desire to do more, but sometimes life plays games with you. As I started work on the podcast in the late autumn — planning episodes, […]
19.2.2025 06:28Spring-summer 2025 schedule[…] There’s also a blog post discussing the reasons behind the form and structure of the podcast in more detail. […]
17.2.2025 05:50Comment on A History of Venice podcast by A Venetian Stories podcast – History Walks in VeniceThe origins of Venice go back to Roman times, long before there was a Venetian state, and a city called Venice.
13.2.2025 20:21Episode 3 — The Roman and Byzantine periodThe History of Venice spans some two millennia, and in this first episode of the podcast I'll try to draw some long lines from the very earliest times until the current.
1.2.2025 14:15Episode 2 — The Long ArcA brief introduction of the Venetian Stories podcast, and your guide, René Seindal.
11.12.2024 16:19Episode 1 — IntroductionWhy is there no History of Venice podcast? That can't be right!
19.11.2024 20:37A History of Venice podcast