see also individual entries
Turks, the, 2, 3, 4, 5, 26, 46, 183, 185;
and mainland Greece, 42, 117-18, 120, 128, 129, 131, 132-3;
take Constantinople, 42, 54, 84;
in the Aegean, 46, 51, 54-5, 57-9, 62-4, 67, 87;
and Crete, 72, 74, 75, 81-2, 84, 86-7, 88-90;
and Cyprus, 93, 96, 99, 100, 102-5, 106, 107-13, 149;
and battle of Lepanto, 124-8;
and the Ionian Islands, 135, 137-8, 139, 140, 142, 144, 145, 146-51;
and Dalmatia, 154, 160, 162, 167, 169, 170
Ulcinj, 161
Uluj Ali, Dey of Algiers, 124
Varangian guard, the, 29, 38, 182
Vendramin-Calergi Palace, the, 183
Veneta, Caterina, see Cornaro, Caterina
Venetian Empire, the, foundations of, 1, 41-2;
and Turks, 2, 4-5, 54-67;
extent of, 2-3, 41-2, 46-9;
maritime powers of, 3-4, 19-20, 22-4, 41, 45, 52, 119, 125, 128, 137, 159-60, 167;
government of, 3, 46-7, 48, 49, 62-3, 69-70, 71-2, 97, 129, 140, 141, 142, 156-7;
and crusades, 5, 20-24, 28, 38-40;
decline and fall of, 5, 181, 177-8, 185, 186-7;
art in, 82-5, 151, 174, 178-83
see also Venetian Empire
Venice, Patriarch of, 14, 17, 43
Venier, Antonio, Doge of Venice, 71, 183
Venier, Marco, 47
Venier, Sebastiano, Admiral, 125
Verige Strait, the, 160
Veronese (Paolo Caliari), 11, 127-8
Villehardouin, Geoffrey de, 23, 27, 29
Vincentino, Andrea, 127
Vladikas, the, 169, 171
Yeni Cami, mosque of, 27
Zakinthos, 150, 151
Zen Chapel, the, 180
Zeno, Carlo, Captain-General, 61
Zeno, Renier, Doge of Venice, 70
Ziani, Pietro, Doge of Venice, 46
Ziani, Sebastiano, Doge of Venice, 17