Power mechanism without crown
How the Venetian homeland alone could control great money without being kings
І найцікавіше — Venice did not need a crown for this. Bo Venice was a republic.
There was no king here, who wasted money and decided who to give money to, land and planting. But this does not at all mean that power was evenly distributed.
Navpaki.
Vaughn could end up in the hands of dozens of old patrician homelands.
Venice Mathematics Vladi
To recognize the homeland as it is:
trading capital;
власні кораблі;
real estate;
connections with merchants right away;
relatives in power structures;
flowing friends;
і, Головне, access to information.
Such a homeland is already very rich.
If their representatives still occupy the sovereign's estates, it will be more effective.
Private wealth begins to interfere with sovereign power.
This is how the power of the great patrician houses was formed in Venice.
These are not just nicknames
One of the most beautiful butts is the homeland Лореданів.
Abo Corners.
Abo баріго.
Abo Dandolo.
These are not just nicknames on the facades of palaces.
Це цілі меджі.
People of their homeland could be ambassadors, senators, prosecutors of San Marco, admirals, doges.
The women connected their other homelands with each other through their love affairs.
And Maina was lost in the middle of this system.
And the main point here is that love in Venice is not just a romantic story.
Another financial instrument.
Shlyub as political capital
If your daughter marries a representative of another family, you will not only receive a new relative.
Ви отриуєте union.
And the union is:
access to information,
contacts,
credit,
political encouragement.
Therefore, the Venetian elite was a very complex system of mutual connections.
Shlyub returned to his homeland.
Capital acquired business.
The plantings brought people together from the state.
And the information allowed the entire system to function.
And now let’s add sovereign finances
Venice was a trading power that constantly needed pennies.
To the fleet.
На війни.
На будівництво.
On the morning territory.
На гражданію.
The state gave him pennies.
And the one who has capital is not just a rich merchant.
Vin became a creditor of the state.
And the creditor is a tseludina, in whose possession the mother of a good hundred-year-old is already in charge.
Now let's take it all at once
To realize that it is the same homeland:
counts the power's pennies,
trades on international markets,
має кораблі,
occupies state lands,
makes friends with other patrician homelands
And at the same time, for decades, he has been passing on to children not only Maino, but мержу з'язків.
This is no longer just wealth.
This is the system.
Palace yak card vladi
And that’s why the Venetian palace is not just a beautiful little building.
Behind this façade there may be an entire structure:
CAPITAL
↓
HOMELAND
↓
POSADA
↓
CONNECTIONS
↓
INFORMATION
↓
VLADA
The palace only shows the result.
The reference system is known behind the facade.
The king is dying. The homeland is being lost.
And here the difference between the monarchy and Venice is especially important.
The king dies - and the crown passes to another person.
What about the patrician homeland?
She just continues to sleep.
Sin takes over the daddy's garden.
Donka will marry her motherland.
Capital goes to children.
Contacts will be lost.
And after a hundred years, the nickname appears again where important decisions are made.
Vlada, I didn’t even look like Vlada
Venice itself was already an unparalleled power.
Here Vlada has always looked like Vlada.
She didn't wear a crown that was too tight.
Sometimes she looked like this:
coat of arms above the door,
signature on the sovereign document,
love contract,
part in a trading company,
ship at the port
і
a very expensive booth on the Grand Canal.
So next time you’ll marvel at Venice a little differently
When you swing the majestic palace and read the nickname of your rulers, don’t just think:
“Oh, how rich is my family.”
Ask:
“Were the stars in them worth the pennies?”
“To whom were the stench connected?”
“Which plantings did you occupy?”
“Who did their daughters marry?”
І найголовніше:
“Who took decisions from Venice - the one who sat on the throne, or the one who controlled the system?”
Because Venice didn’t have a king.
And Vlada - bula.
I was often there a lot of money for the crown.