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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455241003321

Autore

Black Christopher F. <1941-, >

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001

ISBN

1-134-61128-5

1-280-32842-8

0-203-13479-6

0-203-17015-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Social history of Europe

Disciplina

306.0945

306/.0945

945

Soggetti

Italy - Social conditions

History

Social Science

Sociology & Social History

Social Sciences

Social Conditions

Electronic books.

Italy Economic conditions

Italy History 1492-1870

Italy Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-265) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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