摘要：e article examines all the different judicial aspects of the response which was given by the Republic of Venice to the serious revolution exploded in Crete in 1363. From the legal point of view, this response was structured on the procedures of exception (inquisitio ex officio, arbitrium, privilege and grace) normally applied in late Middle Ages as effective means to preserve political authority. These procedures were used by Venice as flexible elements to create consent and to legitimate its power.
