How Venice Ruled the Seas

Dan Snow’s History Hit | 18 May 2026 | 0h 44m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Interview with Roger Crowley about his book City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas. Explores how Venice became the commercial powerhouse of medieval Europe and why this extraordinary city-state was pushed into decline by the Ottomans, before finally falling to Napoleon Bonaparte in 1797.