Language and Statecraft in Early Modern Venice

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Language and Statecraft in Early Modern Venice is written by Elizabeth Horodowich and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0521894964 (ISBN 10) and 9780521894968 (ISBN 13).

This book demonstrates that a crucial component of statebuilding in Venice was the management of public speech. Using a variety of historical sources, Horodowich shows that the Venetian state constructed a normative language - a language based on standards of politeness, civility, and piety - to protect and reinforce its civic identity.