Early modern Italy : a social history / Christopher F. Black.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Black, Christopher (Christopher F.)

Series:

Social history of Europe.

A social history of Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italy--Social conditions.

Italy.

Italy--Economic conditions.

Italy--History--1492-1870.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A fascinating survey of society in Italy from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries - from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Map 1: Physical Italy; Map 2: The Italian States, 1559; Map 3: Italian cities and towns; Map 4: The Kingdom of Naples; Map 5: The city of Venice; Disunited Italy; The chronology and developments of early modern Italy; Geography and demography; Demography; The supply of food; The changing rural and urban economies; Rural and urban inter-relationships; The land and rural society; Landownership; Inhabitants of the contado and living conditions; The urban environment; Organising the urban scene

The organisation and production of goods and servicesMeeting places: buying and selling; Urban society; Women and male occupations; The professionals and officials; Servants; Casual work: labourers, pedlars, sbirri, messengers; Prostitutes; The poor and destitute; The family and household; Formation of the family: marriages and dowries; Personal family relationships; The extended family; The social elites; Varieties of social elites; Social groupings and loyalties; Neighbourhoo

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-61127-7

1-134-61128-5

1-280-32842-8

0-203-13479-6

0-203-17015-6

9780203134795

OCLC:

60523752