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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459967403321

Autore

Bowd Stephen D

Titolo

Venice's most loyal city [[electronic resource] ] : civic identity in Renaissance Brescia / / Stephen D. Bowd

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-674-06056-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (374 p.)

Collana

I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history

Disciplina

945/.26105

Soggetti

Renaissance - Italy - Brescia

City and town life - Italy - Brescia - History

Group identity - Italy - Brescia - History

Political culture - Italy - Brescia - History

Electronic books.

Brescia (Italy) Relations Italy Venice

Venice (Italy) Relations Italy Brescia

Brescia (Italy) Social life and customs

Brescia (Italy) Politics and government

Venice (Italy) History 697-1508

Venice (Italy) History 1508-1797

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.