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1. Venetian Ledger Entries

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   Perhaps the most contentious area of study involves the deliberate gaps or lacunae found within specific ledgers, particularly those concerning military expenditures between 1350 and 1400. While some historians attribute these omissions to fire or pestilence, archival studies point toward a systematic practice known as cancellazione sotterranea (subterranean cancellation).
   This practice involved recording a transaction normally, but then ri…