Publisher's Synopsis
The 'Istoria Veneticorum', a chronicle attributed to John the Deacon, chaplain and ambassador of the Venetian Duke Pietro Orscolo II (991-1008), is of fundamental importance for the reconstruction of early medieval Venetian history. Berto's study of the political and social vocabulary of this work analyses the chronicler's use and contextualization of key words and provides the reader with an enhanced understanding of the 'Istoria Veneticorum'.
