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

By: Bowd, Stephen DContributor(s): Villa I Tatti (Florence, Italy) | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance historyPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010Description: xii, 359 p. : ill., mapISBN: 9780674060562 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): 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 -- 1508-1797Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 945/.26105 LOC classification: DG975.B83 | B69 2010Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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