Florence in the early modern world new perspectives / edited by Nicholas Scott Baker and Brian Jeffrey Maxson.
| Other author | Baker, Nicholas Scott, 1975- |
| Other author | Maxson, Brian, 1978- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2020. |
| Description | xii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Themes in medieval and early modern history |
| Contents | Where in the world is Renaissance Florence? challenges for the history of the city after the global turn / Nicholas Scott Baker and Brian Jeffrey Maxson -- Taking architectural theory on the road: the sliding scales of the Florentine traveler / Niall Atkinson -- "Tutto il mondo ©· paese": locating Florence in premodern Eurasian commerce / Nicholas Scott Baker -- Mapping gendered labor in the textile industry of early modern Florence / Nicholas Terpstra -- Shaping the city and the landscape: politics, public space, and innovation under Ferdinando I de' Medici / Marta Caroscio -- Nelle Parti di Romagna: the role and influence of the Apennine lords in Italian Renaissance politics / Luciano Piffanelli -- The advantages of stability: Medici Tuscany's ambitions in the Eastern Mediterranean / Brian Brege -- The Medici, maritime empire, and the enduring legacy of the Cavalieri di Santo Stefano / Katherine Poole-Jones -- Poggio's beginnings at the Papal Curia: the Florentine brain drain and the fashioning of the humanist movement / Cl©♭mence Revest -- The myth of the Renaissance bubble: international culture and regional politics in fifteenth-century Florence / Brian Jeffrey Maxson -- New perspectives on Patria: the Andreini performance of Florentine citizenship / Sarah Gwyneth Ross. |
| Abstract | "Florence in the Early Modern World offers new perspectives on this important city by exploring the broader global context of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, within which the experience of Florence remains unique. This volume is essential reading for students and scholars of early modern cities and the Renaissance"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019009734 |
| ISBN | 9781138313309 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781138313316 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | ebook |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |