Sabaudian Studies : : Political Culture, Dynasty, and Territory (1400-1700) / / ed. by Matthew Vester.

• MitwirkendeR: Alfani, Guido,; Battistoni, Marco,; Boone, Rebecca,; Brero, Thalia,; Celi, Alessandro,; Gal, Stéphane,; Kolrud, Kristine,; Merle, Michel,; Osborne, Toby,; Perluss, Preston,; Perrillat, Laurent,; Pibiri, Eva,; Raviola, Blythe Alice,; Symcox, Geoffrey,; Vester, Matthew,
• HerausgeberIn: Vester, Matthew,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Early Modern Studies ; 12
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.)

This collection of interdisciplinary essays introduce the history and culture of the lands ruled by the sovereign house of Savoy during the late medieval and early modern periods, territories now part of France, Italy, and Switzerland. Because the Sabaudian realms were geographically, linguistically, and culturally diverse and did not evolve into a single modern nation-state, their early history has been overlooked by historians whose perspectives were often informed by a narrow, national framework.An international team of scholars offers new research that de-provincializes many of the existing rich scholarly assessments of the historical significance of these lands, which were important for rulers and subjects throughout early modern Europe. The volume explores the concept of "Sabaudian studies" and identifies historiographic developments and current trends in the field. Beginning with the geography and the history of the area, the essays examine Sabaudian political culture (diplomatic practice, judicial institutions, and political thought), dynastic representation (court festivals and celebrations, and the projection of dynastic prestige abroad, with attention to the sacred heritage of the house), and territorial domination (its fiscal, religious, feudal, and composite dimensions).Contributors include Eva Pibiri, Laurent Perrillat, Rebecca Boone, Alessandro Celi, Thalia Brero, Stéphane Gal and Preston Perluss, Michel Merle, Toby Osborne, Kristine Kolrud, Guido Alfani, Marco Battistoni, Matthew Vester, and Blythe Alice Raviola.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Maps -- Abbreviations -- Dukes of Savoy, 1343-1730 -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Sabaudian Studies -- Policies and Institutions -- 2 The Practice of Diplomacy at the Court of Amadeus VIII of Savoy (1391-1440) -- 3 Justice and Politics -- 4 From Piedmont to Tenochtitlan -- 5 Philibert-Albert Bailly, or The Origins of Valdostano Particularism -- Representing the Dynasty -- Chapter 6 Recollecting Court Festivals -- Chapter 7 Charles Emanuel I's Foreign Policy -- Chapter 8 The Model of the Holy Savoyard Prince -- Chapter 9 The House of Savoy and the Theatre of the World -- Chapter 10 The Prolonged Minority of Charles Emanuel II -- Territorial Practices -- Chapter 11 Fiscality and Territory -- Chapter 12 Reshaping Local Public Space -- Chapter 13 Composite Politics in the Vallée d'Aoste -- Chapter 14 Sabaudian Spaces and Territories -- Postscript -- About the Contributors -- Index