Venice During the Middle Ages

Prosperous
City State

• Venice during the Middle Ages was a

prosperous and influential city-state that
controlled trade between Europe and the
Levant, and expanded its territories in the
Adriatic Sea and beyond

Government

• Venice had a complex and

oligarchic constitution, with a
hereditary caste of nobles
dominating the Great Council,
which elected the doge and other
councils and committees

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Culture

• Venice was a major cultural and

intellectual center during the Middle
Ages and the Renaissance, as it fostered
artistic, literary and scientific
achievements