The republic of Ragusa : an episode of the Turkish conquest / by Luigi Villari ; with many illustrations by William Hullton.

  • Luigi Villari
Date:
1904
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Credit: The republic of Ragusa : an episode of the Turkish conquest / by Luigi Villari ; with many illustrations by William Hullton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFATORY NOTE VARIOUS accounts of Dalmatia have been written in English, many of which include a historical survey of Ragusa ; but the only special histories of the town itself are in German or Italian, and even those are not by any means complete. The best is un- doubtedly Professor Gelcich’s little book, Dello Sviluppo Civile di Ragusa, a perfect mine of valuable information, of which I have availed myself largely in the present volume. But it deals principally with the internal development, the archeology, and the architecture of the town, and does not dwell on its international position, which for foreign readers is its most import- ant aspect. Engel’s Geschichte des Freystaates Ragusa is useful and fairly accurate, but it is somewhat dry, and more in the nature of a chronicle of events than a real history. The works of the local historians and chroniclers, such as Resti, Ragnina, Luccari, Gondola, and others, although they contain some interesting details and picturesque descriptions, traditions, &c., are written without a notion of historical accuracy, and are inspired by a strong bias which admits no facts unfavourable to Ragusa. That of the Tuscan, Razzi, is more reliable, but by no means wholly to be depended on, and it only brings us down to the end.
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