Venice and History

Frederic C. Lane specialized in medieval history with an emphasis on the Venetian region. He was a professor at Johns Hopkins University and a former president of the American Historical Society.

• ForewardPart I: VeniceChapter 1: Venetian Shipping During the Commercial RevolutionChapter 2: The Mediterranean Spice Trade: Its Revival in the Sixteenth CenturyChapter 3: Family Partnerships and Joint VenturesChapter 4: Investment and UsuryChapter 5: Venetian Bankers, 1496-1533Chapter 6: The Funded Debt of the Venetian Republic, 1262-1482Chapter 7: Venture Accounting in Medieval Business ManagementChapter 8: Rhythm and Rapidity of Turnover in Venetian Trade of the Fifteenth CenturyChapter 9: Fleets and FairsChapter 10: The Merchant Marine of the Venetian RepublicChapter 11: Naval Architecture, about 1550Chapter 12: From Biremes to TriremesChapter 13: Merchant Galleys, 1300-34: Private and Communal OperationChapter 14: Maritime Law and Administration, 1250-1350Chapter 15: Cotton Cargoes and Regulations Against OverloadingChapter 16: Diet and Wages of Seamen in the Early Fourteenth CenturyChapter 17: The Rope Factory and Hemp Trade in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth CenturiesChapter 18: Medieval Political Ideas and the Venetian ConstitutionPart II: European CommerceChapter 19: Colbert and the Commerce of BordeauxChapter 20: The Economic Meaning of the Invention of the CompassChapter 21: Tonnages, Medieval and ModernPart III: The Cost of ProtectionChapter 22: National Wealth and Protection CostsChapter 23: The Economic Meaning of War and ProtectionChapter 24: Force and Enterprise in the Creation of Oceanic CommerceChapter 25: Economic Consequences of Organized ViolencePart IV: HistoryChapter 26: Why Begin at the Beginning?Chapter 27: The Social Sciences and the HumanitiesChapter 28: Theoretical and Historical InterestsChapter 29: Some Heirs of Gustav von SchmollerChapter 30: Units of Economic Growth Historically ConsideredChapter 31: Human History and Natural HistoryChapter 32: At the Roots of RepublicanismPostscriptBibliography of Frederic C. Lane, 1924-66Index