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Venice's Most Loyal City

- Civic Identity in Renaissance Brescia

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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.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674051201
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 374
  • Udgivet:
  • 1. november 2010
  • Størrelse:
  • 156x235x29 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 703 g.
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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.

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