| Venetian Humanism in an Age of Patrician Dominance Subjects: Venice (Italy) -- Intellectual life; Humanism -- History; Venice (Italy) -- 697-1508; Humanists -- Italy -- Venice -- Biography; Venice (Italy) -- Biography; In comprehensive detail Margaret King analyzes the activities of the patricians who were predominant in the ranks of the humanists and who made humanist thought a powerful tool in the service of their class and of the city itself. |