A Companion to Venetian History, 1400-1797 / edited by Eric R. Dursteler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dursteler, Eric.

Contributor:

Brill Books and Journals Online.

Henry Putney Beers Fund.

Series:

Brill's companions to European history

Brill's Companions to European History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Venice (Italy)--History--697-1508.

Venice (Italy).

Venice (Italy)--History--1508-1797.

Italy--Venice.

Local Subjects:

Venice (Italy)--History--1508-1797.

Venice (Italy)--History--697-1508.

Genre:

Electronic books.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (992 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden : BRILL, 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The Companion to Venetian History, 1400-1797 provides a single volume overview of the most recent developments. It is organized thematically and covers a range of topics including political culture, economy, religion, gender, art, literature, music, and the environment. Each chapter provides a broad but comprehensive historical and historiographical overview of the current state and future directions of research.

Contents:

List of Maps and Figures; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: A Brief Survey of Histories of Venice; Venice and Its Surroundings; Politics and Constitution; The Terraferma State; Venice's Maritime Empire in the Early Modern Period; The Venetian Economy; Industry and Production In the Venetian Terraferma (15th-18th Centuries); Family and Society; Society and the Sexes in the Venetian Republic; Religious Life; Charity and Confraternities; Venice and its Minorities; The Anthropology of Venice;

Liturgies of Violence: Social Control and Power Relationships in the Republic of Venice between the 16th and 18th CenturiesWayfarers in Wonderland: The Sexual Worlds of Renaissance Venice Revisited; The Venetian Intellectual World; Venetian Literature and Publishing; Book Publishing and the Circulation of Information; Education in the Republic of Venice; Science and Medicine in Early Modern Venice; Venetian Architecture; Art in Venice, 1400-1600; Venetian Art, 1600-1797; Music in Venice: A Historiographical Overview; Clothing, Fashion, Dress, and Costume in Venice (c.1450-1650); 5058 Venetian Language; Appendix One; Appendix two; Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Henry Putney Beers Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Dursteler, Eric. A Companion to Venetian History, 1400-1797.

ISBN:

9789004252523

9004252525

OCLC:

854521062

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.