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From "The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books" by Edward Wilson-Lee, about Hernando Columbus who was in Venice in 1521 when a new Doge was being 'elected':
Codeine
(25,586 posts)on CNN for THAT one! Or the running thread on DU!
csziggy
(34,120 posts)It would be worse than following a sport that winnows down the competitors to the final two! (I don't follow sports so I am not sure what those charts are actually called.)
ret5hd
(20,435 posts)thru every stage were your friends and peers.
csziggy
(34,120 posts)The Doge who had just died, Leonardo Loredan, had involved Venice in two major wars - with the Ottoman Empire and the League of Cambria. Venice was at a crossroads - the League of Cambria blocked it's expansion and the Ottoman Empire blocked trade with Eastern Asia, especially the spice trade. Also Venice had been excommunicated due to political problems with the Pope.
Since it appears that Venice's power was reducing at the time, various factions would have been competing for their version of the future of the city-state to take control.
Takket
(21,425 posts)FakeNoose
(32,356 posts)For funsies, some day read up on how they used to elect Popes during the Middle Ages. There really never has been any such thing as "democracy" - it's purely a utopian concept.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)a Rube Goldberg election!