Venice, Cità Excelentissima: Selections from the Renaissance Diaries of Marin Sanudo

(Johns Hopkins University Press)

This volume includes a selection of key passages from Marin Sanudo’s diaries and commentaries linking the translated excerpts. Sanudo, considered the greatest diarist of his time, offers detailed observation about his beloved city, high culture, the perils of diplomacy and war, and high-risk ventures of voyages and commerce.  Carroll is an Italian professor at Tulane University.