Venice's Most Loyal City Civic Identity in Renaissance Brescia |
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| Author:
| Bowd, Stephen D. |
| Series title: | I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-05120-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $55.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.