Download or read book Language and Statecraft in Early Modern Venice written by Elizabeth Horodowich and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-21 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates that a crucial component of statebuilding in Venice was the management of public speech. Using a variety of historical sources, Horodowich shows that the Venetian state constructed a normative language - a language based on standards of politeness, civility, and piety - to protect and reinforce its civic identity.