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Venice's most loyal city : civic identity in Renaissance Brescia / Stephen D. Bowd.
LIBRA DG975.B83 B69 2010
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bowd, Stephen D.
- Series:
- I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Renaissance--Italy--Brescia.
- Renaissance.
- City and town life--Italy--Brescia--History.
- City and town life.
- Group identity--Italy--Brescia--History.
- Group identity.
- Political culture--Italy--Brescia--History.
- Political culture.
- History.
- Brescia (Italy)--Relations--Italy--Venice.
- Brescia (Italy).
- Venice (Italy)--Relations--Italy--Brescia.
- Venice (Italy).
- Brescia (Italy)--Social life and customs.
- Brescia (Italy)--Politics and government.
- Venice (Italy)--History--697-1508.
- Venice (Italy)--History--1508-1797.
- Italy--Brescia.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 359 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- Pt. 1. Myth and history. Regional states and civic identity ; The myths of Brescia
- Pt. 2. Politics. Privilege, power, and politics ; Forming an urban oligarchy
- Pt. 3. Religion, ritual, and civic identity. Space, ritual, and identity ; Civic religion and reform ; Puritanism and the social order
- Pt. 4. Cooperation and conflict. A funerary fracas ; Jewish life ; Witches
- Pt. 5. Crisis and recovery. Disloyal Brescia ; Venice and the recovery of power.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674051201
- 0674051203
- OCLC:
- 555658543
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