Culture and power : Tuscany and its universities 1537-1609 / by Jonathan Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Jonathan, 1966-

Series:

Education and society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance ; v. 34.

Education and society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance ; v. 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--Italy--Tuscany--History.

Universities and colleges.

Universities and colleges--Social aspects--Italy--Tuscany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Traditionally grand ducal Tuscany and its cultural politics have been viewed through the lens of absolutism. Based on a wide range of newly found sources and building on recent revisionist scholarship, this study uses the universities of Pisa and Siena to expose the contradictions and the tensions which characterised the grand duchy. Setting the universities against the diplomatic, military, administrative, economic, ecclesiastical, and cultural development of the grand duchy, it shows how innovation mixed with tradition and local privileges were not only upheld but extended significantly.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / J. Davies

Introduction / J. Davies

Chapter One. Building The Grand Duchy / J. Davies

Chapter Two. Cultural Politics In Early Modern Tuscany / J. Davies

Chapter Three. The Structures Of Academic Power / J. Davies

Chapter Four. Tensions Within The Structures Of Academic Power / J. Davies

Chapter Five. Rituals / J. Davies

Chapter Six. Violence And Disorder / J. Davies

Conclusion / J. Davies

Appendices / J. Davies

Bibliography / J. Davies

Index / J. Davies.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-339) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-60175-X

9786612601750

90-474-2602-9

OCLC:

606912655

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004172555.i-362 DOI