Andrea Dandolo

Andrea Dandolo (1306-1354) was elected as the 54th Doge (leader) of Venice in 1343 CE, serving until his death in 1354 CE. ( Kuha, 2016:127). In addition to serving as Doge, Dandolo, described by some contemporaries as wise and learned, by others as untrustworthy, was a historian who wrote two chronicles Chronica brevis and the Chronica per extensum descripta (aka Extensa) ( Kuha, 2016:128). Kuha (2016:128) suggests that Chronica brevis was written before 1343 CE. Extensa was written later (between 1344 and 1351/2 according to wikipedia) and differed from Chronica brevis in that it was a monumental work drawing extensively on both local documents and the universal chronicle, Satirica Ystoria, by Paulinus Minorita ( Kuha, 2016:129). Wikipedia, citing von den Bricken (2000) in Friedman and Figg (2013), states that the impetus for Paolino to write an expanded version of his Epithoma, which resulted in the Compendium and Satirica, was his meeting with Marino Sanudo [the Elder] and his review of Sanudo's Liber secretorum, which resulted in a correspondence between the two. Extensa covered Venetian and universal history from the revelation of St. Mark during his travel across the Venetian lagoon until the year 1280.