A Companion to Late Medieval and Early Modern Milan

The Distinctive Features of an Italian State
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-04-28409-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 550 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 985 g

Reihe: Brill's Companions to European History

Milan 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.

Zielgruppe

This volume aims to make accessible to a wide public an historical synthesis which is both fully informative and reflects the current historiographical debate. It aims at meeting the needs of readers who are educated and interested, but not necessarily expert in the history of Lombardy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Gamberini, Andrea

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte Europäische Regional- & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements. 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

Über Autor(innen)

Andrea Gamberini, Ph.D. (2000), is Associate Professor of Medieval History at the University of Milan. He is also Life Member of Clare Hall (Cambridge) and Christ Church (Oxford).