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The Venetian Mainland State in the Fifteenth Century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

John E. Law
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On 15 April 1483, the young Venetian noble Marino Sanudo set out on a tour of the stato di terra, the Republic's mainland state, with his cousin Marco and two other Venetian patricians. Marco and his colleagues were travelling in an official capacity as auditori nuovi and syndics of the Venetian government, dispatched to hear appeals from the Republic's subjects, and to investigate the conduct of resident officials. Marino had no such responsibilities, but he left an account of his experiences in the work known as the Itinerario con i Sindaci di Terrferma.

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Transactions of the Royal Historical Society , Volume 2 , December 1992 , pp. 153 - 174
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Copyright © Royal Historical Society 1992

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