The Italian renaissance state [electronic resource]
2012
Book
Abstract: This magisterial study offers a revised account of the complex political history of Renaissance Italy. Its team of leading international scholars reinvigorates the place of politics in Renaissance historiography, identifying the period as a pivotal moment in the history of the state in Europe.
Main title:
The Italian renaissance state [electronic resource] / edited by Andrea Gamberini and Isabella Lazzarini.
Imprint:
Cambridge [Eng.] : Cambridge University Press, 2012 (Boston, Mass. : Credo Reference, 2012.)
Collation:
1 online resource (33 entries) : 2 images, digital files.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: xiii, 634 p. : 1 map
Contents:
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 and Savoy/Acaia) / Alessandro Barbero -- 10 The feudal principalities: the east (Trent, Bressanone/Brixen, 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 centres in the new political geography of Renaissance Italy / Francesco Somaini -- 13 The rural communities / Massimo Della Misericordia -- 14 Lordships, fiefs and 'small states' / Federica Cengarle -- 15 Factions and parties: problems and perspectives / Marco Gentile -- 16 States, 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 state/building: approaches and interpretations / Andrea Gamberini -- 21 Renaissance diplomacy / Isabella Lazzarini -- 22 Regional states and economic development / Franco Franceschi And Luca Mola -- 23 The papacy and the Italian states / Giorgio Chittolini -- 24 Justice / Andrea Zorzi.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781780348315 (online)9781107010123 (hardback)
Dewey class:
320.94509024
LC class:
JN5231
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
502448
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