Format:
1 online resource (374 pages)
ISBN:
9780674060562
Series Statement:
I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History Ser
Content:
This innovative microhistory of a fascinating yet neglected city shows how its loyalty to Venice was tested by military attack, economic downturn, and demographic collapse. Despite these trials, Brescia experienced cultural revival and political transformation, which Bowd uses to explain state formation in a powerful region of Renaissance Italy.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Part One - Myth and History -- 1. Regional States and Civic Identity -- 2. The Myths of Brescia -- Part Two - Politics -- 3. Privilege, Power, and Politics -- 4. Forming an Urban Oligarchy -- Part Three - Religion, Ritual, and Civic Identity -- 5. Space, Ritual, and Identity -- 6. Civic Religion and Reform -- 7. Puritanism and the Social Order -- Part Four - Cooperation and Conflict -- 8. A Funerary Fracas -- 9. Jewish Life -- 10. Witches -- Part Five - Crisis and Recovery -- 11. Disloyal Brescia -- 12. Venice and the Recovery of Power -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780674051201
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780674051201
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3300928
