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A Comparative Study on Florence and Venice in Renaissance: Political Stability and Reasons for It

Jiahui ChenCollege of Liberal Arts, Purdue University, Indiana, USA, 47906

Abstract

During the Renaissance, Florence and Venice possessed relatively dominant positions among Italy city-states. Despite the popular opinion was that the political institutions of Venice were regarded as more effective and the results were not as pleasing as Florence's, the impression of the impeccable institutions of Venice still existed. Plus, the weakness of Florence was exposed after being defeated by France, and this was beneficial for the reputation of the institution of Venice Through this paper, historical documents and books will be utilized to analyze and prove these three statements are truly reasons for the stability of Venice from majorly 1400 to 1550, and chronology that does not be included in this range will not share a relatively huge gap with it. After discussion, this paper would conclude that during the Renaissance period, especially the early stage, Venice is more stable than Florence due that Venice achieved the success of constructing a myth of successful institutions, more influential diplomacy, and more advanced commercial measures.

Keywords: Venice; political institutions; comparative studies; Florence; renaissance
Published: May 17, 2023
DOI: 10.54254/2753-7064/4/20220456
Volume: CHR Vol.4
pp. 236-241
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