Hanlon Human Nature in Rural Tuscany

An Early Modern History
2007
ISBN: 978-0-230-60303-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 218 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Italian and Italian American Studies

Melding evolutionary theory and both animal and human ethology together with close, descriptive historical research on a typical Tuscan village in the Seventeenth century, Hanlon explains the good reasons individuals had for behaving in ways that now seem strange to us.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hanlon, G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction PART I: GOVERNANCE The Community The Coppoli Fief PART II: COEXISTANCE Sociability Collaboration PART III: COMPETITION A Civil Arena Criminal Process The Gravity of Crimes Profiles in Crime PART IV: REPRODUCTION Sexual Destinies Workable Families Passing On PART V: INVENTION Economic Collapse The Church Triumphant Making Tuscans Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

GREGORY HANLON teaches early modern European history at Dalhousie University, Canada. He is author of
Early Modern Italy 1550 -1800: Three Seasons in European History
(Palgrave, 2000)