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Spinalonga (Giudecca),
72
,
90-91

Spiridon, St,
139
,
141
,
142

Split,
4
,
156
,
163-4
,
181

Stampalia,
47
,
183

Stanicha of Montenegro,
171-2

Stato da Mar,
1
,
71
,
116
,
159

Syria,
5
,
16
,
118

Syrians, the, in Constantinople,
36
;

in Cyprus,
93
,
101

Syros,
50
,
52
,
115

Ten, Council of,
118

Tenedos,
51

Themistocles’ Long Walls,
132

Theodore, St,
10
,
178

Theodosius II, Emperor of Byzantium,
28
;

walls of,
34
,
37

Thira,
47
,
51-2
,
54

Tiepolo, Bajamonte,
183

Tinos,
46
,
47
,
50
,
63-7
,
90
,
115
,
128

Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti),
11
,
127
,
173
,
186

Titus, St, cathedral of,
73-4

Topkapi Palace,
37

Trade and commerce,
4-5
,
13
,
20
,
41-2
,
115
,
147
,
148
,
166
,
182
;

with the east,
4-5
,
15
,
20
,
45-6
,
118
;

in Constantinople,
35-6
,
43
;

in the Aegean,
45
,
50
,
51
,
52
;

in Crete,
71
,
72
;

in Cyprus,
98
;

in Ionians,
150
;

in the Adriatic,
157
,
163-4
,
169

Tragea, valley of the,
55

Trogir,
156
,
159
,
160
,
174

Turkey, Sultan of,
43
,
93
,
100
,
124
,
137
,
149
,
166
;

see also
individual entries

Turks, the,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
26
,
46
,
183
,
185
;

and mainland Greece,
42
,
117-18
,
120
,
128
,
129
,
131
,
132-3
;

take Constantinople,
42
,
54
,
84
;

in the Aegean,
46
,
51
,
54-5
,
57-9
,
62-4
,
67
,
87
;

and Crete,
72
,
74
,
75
,
81-2
,
84
,
86-7
,
88-90
;

and Cyprus,
93
,
96
,
99
,
100
,
102-5
,
106
,
107-13
,
149
;

and battle of Lepanto,
124-8
;

and the Ionian Islands,
135
,
137-8
,
139
,
140
,
142
,
144
,
145
,
146-51
;

and Dalmatia,
154
,
160
,
162
,
167
,
169
,
170

Ulcinj,
161

Uluj Ali, Dey of Algiers,
124

Uskoks, the,
162-3
,
164

Varangian guard, the,
29
,
38
,
182

Vendramin-Calergi Palace, the,
183

Veneta, Caterina,
see
Cornaro, Caterina

Venetian Empire, the, foundations of,
1
,
41-2
;

and Turks,
2
,
4-5
,
54-67
;

extent of,
2-3
,
41-2
,
46-9
;

maritime powers of,
3-4
,
19-20
,
22-4
,
41
,
45
,
52
,
119
,
125
,
128
,
137
,
159-60
,
167
;

government of,
3
,
46-7
,
48
,
49
,
62-3
,
69-70
,
71-2
,
97
,
129
,
140
,
141
,
142
,
156-7
;

and crusades,
5
,
20-24
,
28
,
38-40
;

decline and fall of,
5
,
181
,
177-8
,
185
,
186-7
;

art in,
82-5
,
151
,
174
,
178-83

Venice,
1
,
6
,
10-22
,
177-81
;

see also
Venetian Empire

Venice, Patriarch of,
14
,
17
,
43

Venier, Antonio, Doge of Venice,
71
,
183

Venier, Marco,
47

Venier, Sebastiano, Admiral,
125

Verige Strait, the,
160

Veronese (Paolo Caliari),
11
,
127-8

Villehardouin, Geoffrey de,
23
,
27
,
29

Vincentino, Andrea,
127

Vladikas, the,
169
,
171

Yeni Cami, mosque of,
27

Zadar,
22
,
24
,
28
,
153
,
156
,
157
,
159
,
160
,
173
,
177
,
179
,
181

Zakinthos,
150
,
151

Zen Chapel, the,
180

Zeno, Carlo, Captain-General,
61

Zeno, Renier, Doge of Venice,
70

Ziani, Pietro, Doge of Venice,
46

Ziani, Sebastiano, Doge of Venice,
17

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