See also:

• FALIERO (or FALTER), MARINO (1279-1355)

FALIERO (or FALTER), See also:

• MARINO

MARINO (1279-1355)  , See also:

• DOGE

doge of See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, belonged to one of the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest and most illustrious Venetian families and had served the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic with distinction in various capacities . In 1346 he commanded the Venetian See also:

• LAND

land forces at the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• ZARA (Serbo-Croatian Zadar)

Zara, where he was attacked by the Hungarians under See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis the See also:

• GREAT

Great and totally defeated them; this victory led to the surrender of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . In See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1354, while absent on a See also:

• MISSION

mission to See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• INNOCENT (INNOCENTIUS)
• INNOCENT (POPES)

Innocent IV. at See also:

• AVIGNON

Avignon, See also:

• FALIERO (or FALTER), MARINO (1279-1355)

Faliero was elected doge, an See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour which apparently he had not sought . His reign began, as it was to end, in disaster, for very soon after his See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election the Venetian See also:

• FLEET

fleet was completely destroyed by the Genoese off the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Sapienza, while See also:

• PLAGUE (in Gr. Xotµos; in Lat. pestis, pestilentia)

plague and a declining See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce aggravated the situation . Although a capable See also:

• COMMANDER

commander and a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good statesman, Faliero possessed a violent See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper, and after his election See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed great ambition . The constitutional restrictions of the ducal See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, which had been further curtailed just before his election, and the insolence of the See also:

• NOBILITY

nobility aroused in him a See also:

• DESIRE

desire to See also:

• FREE

free himself from all See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control, and the discontent of the See also:

• ARSENAL

arsenal hands at their treatment by the nobles offered him his opportunity . In See also:

• CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert with a See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain named Bertuccio Ixarella (who had received a See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow from the See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble Giovanni See also:

• DANDOLO
• DANDOLO, VINCENZO, COUNT (1758-1819)

Dandolo), Filippo Calendario, a stonemason, and others, a See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot was laid to See also:

• MURDER

murder the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• PATRICIANS (Lat. patricius, an adjectival form from pater, father; not, as some say, from pater and ciere, to call)

patricians on the 15th of See also:

• APRIL

April and proclaim Faliero See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of Venice . But there was much ferment in the city and disorders See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out before the appointed See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time; some of the conspirators having made revelations, the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council of Ten proceeded to See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest the ringleaders and to See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place armed See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

guards all over the See also:

• TOWN

town . Several of the conspirators were condemned to See also:

• DEATH

death and others to various terms of imprisonment . The doge's complicity having been discovered, he was himself arrested; at the trial he confessed everything and was condemned and executed on the 17th of April 1355 . The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of the insult written by Michele See also:

• STENO, NICOLAUS (1631-1686)

Steno on the doge's See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair is a See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend of which no See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record is found in any contemporary authority . The motives of Faliero are not altogether clear, as his past record, even in the See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment of the poet See also:

• PETRARCH (1304-1374)

Petrarch, showed him as a.See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

wise, clear-headed See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of no unusual ambition .

But possibly the attitude of the See also:

• ARISTOCRACY (Gr. apuvror, best; «paria, government)

aristocracy and the example offered by the tyrants of neighbouring cities may have induced him to See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt a similar policy . The only result of the plot was to consolidate the power of the Council of Ten .