{"product_id":"the-italian-renaissance-state-hardback-9781107010123","title":"The Italian Renaissance State (Hardback) 9781107010123","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Italian Renaissance State\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA magisterial account of Renaissance Italy's political history and its contribution to the evolution of a European political identity.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrea Gamberini (Edited by), Isabella Lazzarini (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107010123, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 March 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e650 pages, 1 map\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.5 cm, 1.2 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Comprehensive and innovative in its approach, this book should prove  a definitive reference for scholars interested in a wide variety of topics related to  Italian Renaissance politics.\" -Robert Policelli, Renaissance Quarterly\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis magisterial study proposes a revised and innovative view of the political history of Renaissance Italy. Drawing on comparative examples from across the peninsula and the kingdoms of Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica, an international team of leading scholars highlights the complexity and variety of the Italian world from the fourteenth to early sixteenth centuries, surveying the mosaic of kingdoms, principalities, signorie and republics against a backdrop of wider political themes common to all types of state in the period. The authors address the contentious problem of the apparent weakness of the Italian Renaissance political system. By repositioning the Renaissance as a political, rather than simply an artistic and cultural phenomenon, they identify the period as a pivotal moment in the history of the state, in which political languages, practices and tools, together with political and governmental institutions, became vital to the evolution of a modern European political identity.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Andrea Gamberini and Isabella Lazzarini\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Italian States: 1. The Kingdom of Sicily Fabrizio Titone\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Kingdom of Naples Francesco Senatore\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica Olivetta Schena\u003cbr\u003e 4. The papal state Sandro Carocci\u003cbr\u003e 5. Tuscan states: Florence and Siena Lorenzo Tanzini\u003cbr\u003e 6. Ferrara and Mantua Trevor Dean\u003cbr\u003e 7. Venice and the Terraferma Michael Knapton\u003cbr\u003e 8. Lombardy under the Visconti and the Sforza Federico Del Tredici\u003cbr\u003e 9. The feudal principalities: the west (Monferrato, Saluzzo, Savoy, Savoy-Acaia) Alessandro Barbero\u003cbr\u003e 10. The feudal principalities: the east (Trent, Bressanone\/Brixen, Aquileia, Tyrol and Gorizia) Marco Bellabarba\u003cbr\u003e 11. Genoa, Christine Shaw\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Themes and Perspectives: 12. The collapse of city-states and the role of urban centres in the new political geography of Renaissance Italy Francesco Somaini\u003cbr\u003e 13. The rural communities Massimo Della Misericordia\u003cbr\u003e 14. Lordships, fiefs 'small states' Federica Cengarle\u003cbr\u003e 15. Factions and parties: problems and perspectives Marco Gentile\u003cbr\u003e 16. State, orders and social distinction E. Igor Mineo\u003cbr\u003e 17. Women and the state Serena Ferente\u003cbr\u003e 18. Offices and officials Guido Castelnuovo\u003cbr\u003e 19. Public written records Gian Maria Varanini\u003cbr\u003e 20. The language of politics and the process of statebuilding: approaches and interpretations Andrea Gamberini\u003cbr\u003e 21. Renaissance diplomacy Isabella Lazzarini\u003cbr\u003e 22. Regional states and economic development Franco Franceschi and Luca Molà\u003cbr\u003e 23. The papacy and the Italian states Giorgio Chittolini\u003cbr\u003e 24. Justice Andrea Zorzi\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20history:%20c%20500%20to%20c%201450\/1500%20%5BHBLC%5D%22\"\u003eHBLC\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909168652568,"sku":"9781107010123","price":118.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107010123i_884aa0ba-2b64-4250-9c83-34f913041f7a.jpg?v=1691360946","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-italian-renaissance-state-hardback-9781107010123","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}