Girolamo Priuli was a Venetian noble who avoided the responsibilities of public life but kept a detailed personal diary: the diaries of Girolamo Priuli, with Domenico Malipiero

Domenico Malipiero

Domenico Malipiero was a naval captain from a patrician Venetian family who passed his youth in maritime commerce on his family's behalf and became a Venetian senator in 1465. He held a command in the War of Ferrara , fought to relieve the siege of Pisa and was eventually made Admiral of the Fleet...

's Annali and the Diarii of Marino Sanudo

Marino Sanuto the Younger

----Marin Sanudo, italianised in Marino Sanuto or Sanuto the Younger was a Venetian historian.He was the son of the senator Leonardo Sanuto. Left an orphan at the age of ten, he lost his fortune owing to the bad management of his guardian, and was for many years hampered by want of means...

 are the triumvirate of primary private sources for the history of the Republic of Venice

Republic of Venice

The Republic of Venice or Venetian Republic was a state originating from the city of Venice in Northeastern Italy. It existed for over a millennium, from the late 7th century until 1797. It was formally known as the Most Serene Republic of Venice and is often referred to as La Serenissima, in...

, during the second half of the fifteenth and first part of the sixteenth century, the Golden Age of Venice.