The Venetian Oligarchy: Council of Ten and the Carrying Capacity Myth
Book: Financial Vipers of Venice
Author: Joseph P. Farrell
ISBN: 978-1-93623-974-0
Same Families, Same Power
Chapter 4 opens with something you notice right away if you scan a list of Venetian Doges. Contarini. Dandolo. Morosini. Mocenigo. Loredan. Priuli. The same surnames show up again and again across centuries.