A companion to late medieval and early modern Milan : : the distinctive features of an Italian state / / edited by Andrea Gamberini.

• Superior document: Brill's Companions to European History, Volume 7
• TeilnehmendeR: Gamberini, Andrea,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's companions to European history ; Volume 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (561 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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. Contributors are: Giuliana Albini, Giancarlo Andenna, Jane Black, Stefano D’Amico, Alessandra Dattero, Massimo Della Misericordia, Giuliano Di Bacco, Claudia Di Filippo, Federico Del Tredici, Andrea Gamberini, Christine Getz, T.J. Kuehn, Germano Maifreda, Patrizia Mainoni, Alessandro Morandotti, Simona Mori, Serena Romano, Giovanna Tonelli, Massimo Zaggia.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Andrea Gamberini -- 1 Milan and Lombardy in the Era of the Visconti and the Sforza / Andrea Gamberini -- 2 Spanish Milan, 1535–1706 / Stefano D’Amico -- 3 The Lombard Church in the Late Middle Ages / Giancarlo Andenna -- 4 The Reformation and the Catholic Revival in the Borromeo’s Age / Claudia Di Filippo -- 5 The Economy of Renaissance Milan / Patrizia Mainoni -- 6 The Economy in the 16th and 17th Centuries / Giovanna Tonelli -- 7 Culture in Lombardy, circa 1350–1535 / Massimo Zaggia -- 8 Culture in Lombardy, 1535–1706 / Massimo Zaggia -- 9 Milan (and Lombardy): Art and Architecture, 1277–1535 / Serena Romano -- 10 The Arts Under the Spanish Rulers (1535–1706) / Alessandro Morandotti -- 11 Court and Church Music in 14th- and 15th-Century Milan / Giuliano Di Bacco -- 12 Music in the 16th and 17th Centuries / Christine Getz -- 13 Territorial Identities / Simona Mori -- 14 Founding a Social Cosmos: Perspectives for a Historical Anthropology of Early Modern Lombardy / Massimo Della Misericordia -- 15 The Jews: Institutions, Economy, and Society / Germano Maifreda -- 16 Gender and Law in Milan / Thomas Kuehn -- 17 The Politics of Law / Jane Black -- 18 Towards a New Social Category: The Military / Alessandra Dattero -- 19 Nobility in Lombardy between the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age / Federico Del Tredici -- 20 People, Groups, and Institutions: Charity and Assistance in the Duchy of Milan from the 15th to the 17th Century / Giuliana Albini -- Index.