Early modern Italy, 1550-1800 : three seasons in European history / Gregory Hanlon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanlon, Gregory, 1953-

Series:

European studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italy--History--16th century.

Italy.

History.

Italy--History--17th century.

Italy--History--18th century.

Physical Description:

pages cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Summary:

Italy's early modern period is still considered by many to be little more than a long interval of decadence between the flowering of the Renaissance city-states and the progress of the Risorgimento. In this, comprehensive, introductory survey of the political, social, cultural, and economic history of early modern Italy -- the first of its kind in the English language -- Gregory Hanlon throws light on a neglected and influential era. Taking a thematic approach, the author covers all aspects of life in early modern Italy: the family, the Republics, Baroque art, religion, the economy, disease, philosophy, justice, and much more, building up a vivid picture of the so-called "forgotten centuries" of Italian history.

Contents:

Italy circa 1700: A Geographical Expression

Family and Sociability

The Renaissance Origins of Modern Italy

From Communes to Principalities

Spanish Regimes in Italy

The Great City-Economies to 1620

Feeding the Cities

Traditional Catholicism and its Persistence

The Tridentine Church

The Rebirth of Rome

Bella Figura: the Baroque Era

Aristocracy

Italy and Islam in the Mediterranean

Fifty Years of War, 1610-1659

Economic Collapse

Rural Crisis, 1630-1740

Epidemics and Assistance

Philosophy and Science, 1550-1700

Venice

The Piedmontese Absolutist State

Italy as a Great Power Pawn, 1660-1760

Justice, Order and Social Control

The Italian Enlightenment

An Equivocal Recovery

Absolutist Reforms in Bourbon Italy

The Habsburg Revolutions in Northern Italy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0312231792

0312231806

OCLC:

42752700