Information and Communication in Venice: Rethinking Early Modern Politics
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The study has a distinguished intellectual genealogy: It is also informed by Burke's well-known studies of communication, elites, and culture in early modern Europe, but its methodologies are based in the seminar on power and the book taught by Christian Jouhaud at Paris.
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A late draft of the work benefited from a helpful critical reading by that most distinguished and innovative practitioner of early modern cultural history, Carlo Ginzburg. In essence, the book is a highly original treatment of the response of Venice's political elite, largely informed by the writings and counsel of Paolo Sarpi, to the famous Interdict of —07 and its aftermath, against the backdrop of both the restraint and promotion of information and communication in the government, political life, and physical city of Venice.
Most people, he argues, including washerwomen and barbers, had political knowledge and ingenuity. Inevitably, mistakes and oversights have crept in. This is something that scholarship about censorship has long shown; censorship did not squash Aretino's career as a ribald writer but instead rocketed him to fame, and this concept applies to infinite other examples. A late draft of the work benefited from a helpful critical reading by that most distinguished and innovative practitioner of early modern cultural history, Carlo Ginzburg. What happens, de Vivo asks, when the drive for secrecy for the benefit of the group is confronted with the individual capacity to chatter, express one's opinion, and manipulate information for personal ends? No study better lays bare how the Venetian government really worked, and even those well versed in the complexities of Venetian politics will emerge with a clearer understanding of how the government functioned in its daily practice.
As such, it invites comparison with William J. Bouwsma's Venice and the Defense of Republican Liberty , now four decades old, which de Vivo takes as a foil to his own innovative interpretations.
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Notorious at the time of publication for its neglect of archival and manuscript sources, Bouwsma's work was a self-conscious heir to Hans Baron's insistent thesis on the birth of modern republicanism in the political thought and, to a lesser extent, governance of Florence and Venice. It is precisely in its rich array of sources —council debates, inquisition records, and judicial proceedings, as well [End Page ] as manuscript and printed pamphlets —that de Vivo' s study supersedes previous scholarship in placing Venice' s response to the Interdict within the broadest possible context.
Especially innovative are the chapters, "The City," on the transmission of information in Venice, and "Communicative Transactions," which compares different forms of communication, from official publications to the political gossip in barbershops and pharmacies and the posting of anonymous pasquinades. But more traditional historiographical fields, such as administrative history, are not handled with the same authority and insight.
De Vivo' s descriptions of the offices and procedures of the doge, Collegio, Senate, and Maggior Consiglio depend on only a few works, notably Giuseppe Maranini' s idealized portrait of the Venetian constitution —31 and Robert Finley's Politics in Renaissance Venice , which is restricted to the early sixteenth century.
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Print in context Epilogue Bibliographical references Index. Filippo de Vivo is the author of numerous scholarly articles on the history and historiography of the Republic of Venice. Information and Communication in Venice is an example of first class scholarship, based on an impressive series of arguments, written in a vivid, compelling style.
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I would strongly recommend this book to anybody interested in political history; in cultural and intellectual history; in the history of communication; in early modern European history--as well as, of course, in the history of Venice. De Vivo's perceptive comments on the management of communication should be read by all historians of early modern Europe and by scholars in media studies as well. Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford.
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Oxford Scholarship Online This book is available as part of Oxford Scholarship Online - view abstracts and keywords at book and chapter level. Information and Communication in Venice Rethinking Early Modern Politics Filippo de Vivo A unique investigation of the political uses of different forms of communication - oral, manuscript, and printed - in sixteenth and seventeenth century Venice Makes use of a rich and highly diverse range of sources - from council debates to political 'leaks' and spies' reports, from printed pamphlets to graffiti and rumours Transcends the boundaries of 'political history 'from above' and social history 'from below' to illustrate the political involvent of all Venetian social groups - and how the patriciate could ill afford to ignore the lower social orders Raises wider analytical questions on the nature of the relationship between communication and politics.