{"product_id":"a-companion-to-late-medieval-and-early-modern-milan-the-distinctive-features-of-an-italian-state-9789004284098","title":"A Companion to Late Medieval and Early Modern Milan: The Distinctive Features of an Italian State","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMilan was for centuries the most important center of economic, ecclesiastical and political power in Lombardy. As the State of Milan it extended in the Renaissance over a large part of northern and central Italy and numbered over thirty cities with their territories. A Companion to Late Medieval and early Modern Milan examines the story of the city and State from the establishment of the duchy under the Viscontis in 1395 through to the 150 years of Spanish rule and down to its final absorption into Austrian Lombardy in 1704. It opens up to a wide readership a well-documented synthesis which is both fully informative and reflects current debate. 20 chapters by qualified and distinguished scholars offer a new and original perspective with themes ranging from society to politics, music to literature, the history of art to law, the church to the economy.   Contributors are: Giuliana Albini, Giancarlo Andenna, Jane Black, Stefano D’Amico, Alessandra Dattero, Massimo Della Misericordia, Giuliano Di Bacco, Claudia Di Filippo, Federico Del Tredici, Andrea Gamberini, Christine Getz, T.J. Kuehn, Germano Maifreda, Patrizia Mainoni, Alessandro Morandotti, Simona Mori, Serena Romano, Giovanna Tonelli, Massimo Zaggia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...This means that the chapters draw on the latest research by those who know their topics with an enviable thoroughness... certainly useful for those seeking a good starting point for further research on a fascinating city and its surroundings.\" Evelyn Welch (King's College London), Renaissance Quarterly, Volume LXIX, No. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements ... vii List of Figures and Maps ... viii Notes on the Contributors ... xi  Introduction Between Continuity and Discontinuity:In Search of the Original Characteristics of the State of Milan ... 1 Andrea Gamberini  1 Milan and Lombardy in the Era of the Visconti and the Sforza ... 19 Andrea Gamberini  2 Spanish Milan, 1535–1706 ... 46 Stefano D’Amico  3 The Lombard Church in the Late Middle Ages ... 69 Giancarlo Andenna  4 The Reformation and the Catholic Revival in the Borromeo’s Age ... 93 Claudia Di Filippo  5 The Economy of Renaissance Milan ... 118 Patrizia Mainoni  6 The Economy in the 16th and 17th Centuries ... 142 Giovanna Tonelli  7 Culture in Lombardy, ca. 1350–1535 ... 166 Massimo Zaggia  8 Culture in Lombardy, 1535–1706 ... 190 Massimo Zaggia  9 Milan (and Lombardy): Art and Architecture, 1277–1535 ... 214 Serena Romano  10 The Arts Under the Spanish Rulers (1535–1706) ... 248 lessandro Morandotti  11 Court and Church Music in 14th- and 15th-Century Milan ... 285 Giuliano Di Bacco  12 Music in the 16th and 17th Centuries ... 306 Christine Getz  13 Territorial Identities ... 330 Simona Mori  14 Founding a Social Cosmos: Perspectives for a Historical Anthropology of Early Modern Lombardy ... 356 Massimo Della Misericordia  15 The Jews: Institutions, Economy, and Society ... 380 Germano Maifreda  16 Gender and Law in Milan ... 406 Thomas Kuehn  17 The Politics of Law ... 432 Jane Black  18 Towards a New Social Category: The Military ... 454 Alessandra Dattero  19 Nobility in Lombardy between the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age ... 477 Federico Del Tredici  20 People, Groups, and Institutions: Charity and Assistance in the Duchy of Milan from the 15th to the 17th Century ... 499 Giuliana Albini  Index ... 525","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210659717463,"sku":"9789004284098","price":225.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-late-medieval-and-early-modern-milan-the-distinctive-features-of-an-italian-state-9789004284098","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}