1: Refugees on the lagoon: the origins of Venice
2: St Mark's rest: the birth of the city of Venice, 697-836
3: Coming of age: independence, expansion, and power, 836-1094
4: Merchant republic in a feudal age: ecclesiastical and political reform, 1095-1172
5: Between empires: the Peace of Venice, 1172-1200
6: Birth of a maritime empire: Venice and the Fourth Crusade
7: Marco Polo's Venice: prosperity, power, and piety in the Thirteenth Century
8: Discovery of the West: war, wealth, and reform in the early Fourteenth Century
9: Plague and treason in the Fourteenth Century
10: From victory to victory: the War of Chioggia and the birth of the mainland empire
11: Death of a parent: the fall of Constantinople and the rise of the Ottoman Turks
12: Sowing and reaping: Medieval Venice and the birth of modern finance
13: Perils of success: the apogee of the Venetian Empire
14: Most splendid and serene: Venice and the Renaissance
15: For God and St Mark: the wars against the Turks
16: Masks, opera, and love: Venice the tourist destination
17: Medieval republic in the modern world: the United States, France, and the fall of Venice
18: Crisis of identity: Venice in the Nineteenth Century
19: War, water, and tourists: Venice in the Twentieth Century and beyond