Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II The problem for Venice: To achieve external independence and internal unity?Factors in the problem: Byzantine Empire, Kingdom of Italy, the Church?Aristocratic and democratic elements in lagoon population ?Treaty with Liudpraud?Defines Venetian territory on mainland shore ?Quarrels between Heraclea and Jesolo?Battle of the pine-wood?Mala- mocco supports Jesolo?Death of Anafcsto?Marcello Tcyaliano, Doge? Church history?The See of Grado?Elias of Grado, Metropolitan of lagoons and Istria?Aquileia Arian; Grado orthodox?Sereno of Aquileia attacks Grado?The Lateran Council declares the separation of the Sees? Orso Ipato, Doge?Leo the iconoclast?Venice drawn into the quarrel? The Pope appeals to Liudprand? Ho seizes the Exarchate?The Exarch, Paul, takes refuge in Venice?Venice restores the Exarch, and obtains commercial privileges?Civil war in Venice; the Doge killed?The Dukedom abolished in favour of the Maijister Miles?Civil war?Dukedom restored? Deodato, Doge?A modification in favour of Malamocco?The advent of the Franks?The Pope hostile to the Emperor, and to the Lombard King, appeals to Pepin?Pepin in Italy?His donation to the Pope?The attitude of Venice?Her commercial activity?Civil wars?The Obelerii and Barbaromani?Galla Gaulo, Doge?Domenico Moneyario, Doge? Supremacy of Malamocco ? Appointment of two ducal assessors ? Maurizio Galbaio, Doge?Charlemagne in Italy?He orders the Pope to expel the Venetians from Ravenna ? The See of Olivolo ? Giovanni Galbaio, Doge Consort?His policy?ifattrizio Galbaio II., Doge Consort ?The Galbaii attack the Patriarch of Grado, an adherent of the Franks, and kill him?Fortunatus, Patriarch of Grado; his Frankish policy? The Galbaii expelled?Obelerio, Doge?Treaty between Charlemagne and Nicephorus?Destruction of Heraclea and Jesolo?Thei...