Book contents
- War, Communication, and the Politics of Culture in Early Modern Venice
- War, Communication, and the Politics of Culture in Early Modern Venice
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 War, Information, and Popular Consent in Seventeenth-Century Venice
- 2 Making History
- 3 Printed Images and the Visual Culture of the News
- 4 Documentary Poetics and the Literary Public Sphere
- 5 Reclaiming Ancient Greece
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Making History
Official and Popular War Historiographies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 January 2023
- War, Communication, and the Politics of Culture in Early Modern Venice
- War, Communication, and the Politics of Culture in Early Modern Venice
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 War, Information, and Popular Consent in Seventeenth-Century Venice
- 2 Making History
- 3 Printed Images and the Visual Culture of the News
- 4 Documentary Poetics and the Literary Public Sphere
- 5 Reclaiming Ancient Greece
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 2 explores the politics of history in wartime Venice, focusing on the processes of documentation and representation that articulated the meaning of war in official and popular accounts. It charts how the two state historiographers, Michele Foscarini and Pietro Garzoni, incorporated the war into the official narrative of the Republic and patrician image-making. It then provides a detailed overview of popular histories, with emphasis on the political and commercial imperatives that determined their publication. Finally, it considers the role of censorship and shows how official historiography became a site of contestation between competing elite groups. The chapter argues that state-sponsored and popular histories compel us to rethink the colonial conditions of the production of Venetian historical sources and the close relationship between historical discourse and overseas empire-building.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023