Everyday Politics of the People in Venice

Venice is widely known as one of the great republics of Renaissance Europe. In an age when monarchies and empires concentrated power in the hands of princes and kings, the "people" (popolo) of Venice continued to play a dynamic role in shaping the city-state's history and empire. But who exactly were the popolo by the time of the Renaissance? Claire Judde de Larivière sketches out approaches to understanding this omnipresent, but often invisible segment of the Venetian republic.