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

• Superior document: I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history
• Author: Villa I Tatti (Florence, Italy); Bowd, Stephen D.
• TeilnehmendeR: Villa I Tatti (Florence, Italy); ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history.
• Physical Description: xii, 359 p. :; ill., map.

Table of 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.