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History Walks in Venice
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Nov 6, 2026
The murder of a patriarch
Internal strife in Venetia led to the murder of a patriarch, and a change of government.
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Origin of Venice
History Walks in Venice
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Nov 3, 2026
From bad to worse
The end of the Byzantine Exarchate eventually led to Charlemagne invading and conquering the Lombard kingdom. For the Venetians, it was a change for the worse.
Byzantium
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Charlemagne
History Walks in Venice
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Oct 30, 2026
A tale of two patriarchs
Venice had its own church organisation from the 800s, but the origins go back to before the Lombard invasion, and events in the Eastern Roman Empire.
histodons
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Origin of Venice
History Walks in Venice
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Oct 27, 2026
Annales Regni Francorum
Excerpts from the "Annales Regni Francorum" about the Venetian-Frankish conflict in 806–811, translated by René Seindal.
Annales Regni Francorum
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Oct 24, 2026
Sergius — Liber pontificalis ecclesiae Ravennatis
The Venetians are mentioned twice in the biography of Sergius, archbishop of Ravenna (744–769, in the "Liber pontificalis ecclesiae Ravennatis".
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History Walks
Venetian Stories
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Oct 22, 2026
Episode 35 — Patriarchs galore
For much of its history, Venice had its own church, largely independent of the papacy, and managed by the Republic of Venice. As often with church history, it was all about politics.
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600s
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700s
History Walks in Venice
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Oct 9, 2026
Expulsion of the Venetians (c. 787)
Translation of a letter from pope Adrian I to Charlemagne, about the expulsion of all Venetians from the lands of the former Exarchate.
Early Venice
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Oct 5, 2026
The “Galbaio” dynasty
Mauricius and Giovanni Galbaio were the seventh and eighth doges of Venice. Together, they ruled the duchy for almost four decades.
Doges of Venice
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Early Venice
History Walks in Venice
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Oct 1, 2026
Adrian I — Liber Pontificalis
An excerpt of the "Liber Pontificalis" for Pope Adrian I related to Venice and doge Mauricius
Franks
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 28, 2026
Domenicus Monegarius
Domenicus Monegarius was the sixth doge of Venice, from 765, following the deposition and blinding of duke Galla, and was blinded and deposed in 764.
Doges of Venice
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 25, 2026
Galla — a most wicked man
Galla, the fifth doge of Venice, only ruled for one year, which was marked by violence.
histodons
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Origin of Venice
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 23, 2026
Deusdedit Hypatos
Deusdedit was the fourth doge of Venice, ruling from 742 to 755, but we know little more about him than of the previous doges and the "magistri militum".
Doges of Venice
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 21, 2026
The five “magistri militum”
From 737 to 742 the Duchy of the Venetians wasn't ruled by dukes, but by military commanders with the Byzantine title of "magister militum".
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Magister Militum
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 19, 2026
Doges of the 700s — Chronica per extensum descripta
The doges Deusdedit (742-755), Galla (755–756), Domenico Monegario (756–764), Maurizio Galbaio (764–787) and his son Giovanni (787–804), from the "Chronica per extensum descripta" (1340s) by Andrea Dandolo.
Andrea Dandolo
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Chronica per extensum descripta
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 17, 2026
Doges of the 700s — John the Deacon
The doges Deusdedit (742-755), Galla (755–756), Domenico Monegario (756–764), Maurizio Galbaio (764–787) and his son Giovanni (787–804), from the "Istoria Veneticorum" by John the Deacon.
Doges of Venice
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 14, 2026
Hildeprand in Ravenna — Chronica per extensum descripta
The Lombard attack on Ravenna, and the Venetian intervention to restore the Exarchate, excerpt from the "Chronica per extensum descripta" (1340s) by Andrea Dandolo.
Andrea Dandolo
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Chronica per extensum descripta
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 12, 2026
Hildeprand in Ravenna — John the Deacon
The Lombard conquest of Ravenna and how the Venetians saved the Exarchate (730s or 740s), excerpt from the "Istoria Veneticorum" by John the Deacon.
Exarchate of Ravenna
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 10, 2026
The death of Paulicius — Chronicon Altinate
The Chronicon Altinate contains an apocryphal account of how duke Paulicius was killed in a factional fight between people from Equilo and Heraclia.
Chronicon Altinate
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histodons
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 7, 2026
Pactum Lotharii (840)
The Pactum Lotharii was a treaty between the Duchy of the Venetians and the Holy Roman Empire, or parts thereof, from 840.
histodons
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Pactum Lotharii
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 4, 2026
Ursus Hypatos — third and first doge of Venice
Ursus Hypatos was the third doge of Venice, likely the first chosen locally, but we have almost no sources for him.
histodons
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Origin of Venice
History Walks in Venice
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Sep 1, 2026
The letters of Cassiodorus
The earliest written source related to the inhabitants of the Venetian lagoons, is a letter from Cassiodorus, written in 537.
histodons
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Origin of Venice
History Walks in Venice
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Aug 30, 2026
Hildeprand in Ravenna — Paul the Deacon
In the 730s or early 740s, Hildeprand, nephew of king Liutprand, and Peredeo, duke of Vicenza, managed to take Ravenna, the capital of the Exarchate of Ravenna.
histodons
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Historia Langobardorum
History Walks in Venice
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Aug 27, 2026
The demise of the Exarchate
The events around the demise of the Exarchate of Ravenna only involved the Venetians marginally. It is nevertheless important to the history of Venice.
Exarchate of Ravenna
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Franks
History Walks in Venice
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Aug 24, 2026
The Exarchate and the Papacy
Venetia existed within the Exarchate of Ravenna, as part of the Byzantine Empire, and what happened in the Exarchate mattered to Venetia.
Exarchate of Ravenna
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histodons
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