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Author Bowd, Stephen D.

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

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xii, 359 p. : ill., map.
Series I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history
I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Renaissance -- Italy -- Brescia.
City and town life -- Italy -- Brescia -- History.
Group identity -- Italy -- Brescia -- History.
Political culture -- Italy -- Brescia -- History.
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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Villa I Tatti (Florence, Italy)
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780674051201 (alk. paper)
0674051203 (alk. paper)
9780674060562 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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