The Italian renaissance state
"This magisterial study proposes a revised and innovative view of the political history of Renaissance Italy. Drawing on comparative examples from across the peninsula and the kingdoms of Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica, an international team of leading scholars highlights the complexity and varie...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press,
2012
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Schlagworte: | State, The City-states Renaissance Italien Staat Kleinstaat Geschichte 1400-1600 |
| Umfang: | XIII, 634 S. |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction Andrea Gamberini and Isabella Lazzarini; Part I. The Italian States: 1. The Kingdom of Sicily Fabrizio Titone; 2. The Kingdom of Naples Francesco Senatore; 3. The Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica Olivetta Schena; 4. The papal state Sandro Carocci; 5. Tuscan states: Florence and Siena Lorenzo Tanzini; 6. Ferrara and Mantua Trevor Dean; 7. Venice and the Terraferma Michael Knapton; 8. Lombardy under the Visconti and the Sforza Federico Del Tredici; 9. The feudal principalities: the West (Monferrato, Saluzzo, Savoy, Savoy-Acaia) Alessandro Barbero; 10. The feudal principalities: the East (Trent, Bressanone, Aquileia, Tyrol and Gorizia) Marco Bellabarba; 11. Genoa, Christine Shaw; Part II. Themes and Perspectives: 12. The collapse of city-states and the role of urban centers in the new political geography of Italy Francesco Somaini; 13. The rural communities Massimo Della Misericordia; 14. Lordships, fiefs and the 'small state' Federica Cengarle; 15. Factions and parties: problems and perspectives Marco Gentile; 16. State, orders and social distinction E. Igor Mineo; 17. Women and the state Serena Ferente; 18. Offices and officials Guido Castelnuovo; 19. Public written records Gian Maria Varanini; 20. The language of politics and the process of statebuilding: approaches and interpretations Andrea Gamberini; 21. Renaissance diplomacy Isabella Lazzarini; 22. Regional states and economic development Franco Franceschi and Luca Mol...; 23. The papacy and the Italian states Giorgio Chittolini; 24. Justice in the Italian states during the Late Middle Ages Andrea Zorzi; Bibliography.