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...

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