doge

Английский Язык - Английский Язык

Определение doge в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa
This reply was one of the first important pronouncements to be made by Antonio Grimani, who on 6 July had been elected seventy-fourth Doge of Venice in succession to Leonardo Loredan.; {n} the chief magistrate of Venice or Genoa; {i} magistrate (in ancient Venice); (Venetian Italian: "duke") Highest official of the republic of Venice in the 8th-18th century. The office originated when the city was nominally subject to the Byzantine empire and became permanent in the 8th century. The doge was chosen from among the ruling families of Venice and held office for life. He held extensive power, as evidenced by the rule of Enrico Dandolo (r. 1192-1205), though from the 12th century the aristocracy placed limits on the doge's authority. Under Francesco Foscari (r.1423-57), Venice undertook the first conquests of the Italian mainland. The last doge was deposed when Napoleon conquered northern Italy in 1797; formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa