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Contemporaries viewed the war in Candia as an excuse for the revival of
chivalric glory and the spirit of the Crusades. In the mid-seventeenth century
this led to the development of a Baroque mythic cult, and the celebration of
heroic Christian virtues leading up to the crucial years of the war with
Morea .
This war caused a profound alteration in modes of communication, as
treatises, novels, and especially paintings began to emerge from this
relatively small-scale event. Placed within a larger public context, they aimed
to create a sort of primitive public opinion. The glorification of the 1657
sacrifice of Lazzaro Mocenigo, General Sea Captain ,
was a highly significant factor in this development.
Another General Sea Captain, Lorenzo Marcello, was to meet a similar fate in
1656.
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