Culture and power : : Tuscany and its universities 1537-1609 / / by Jonathan Davies.

• Superior document: Education and society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance ; v. 34
• Author: Davies, Jonathan, 1966-
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Education and society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance ; v. 34.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Traditionally grand ducal Tuscany and its cultural politics have been viewed through the lens of absolutism. Based on a wide range of newly found sources and building on recent revisionist scholarship, this study uses the universities of Pisa and Siena to expose the contradictions and the tensions which characterised the grand duchy. Setting the universities against the diplomatic, military, administrative, economic, ecclesiastical, and cultural development of the grand duchy, it shows how innovation mixed with tradition and local privileges were not only upheld but extended significantly.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Materials / J. Davies -- Introduction / J. Davies -- Chapter One. Building The Grand Duchy / J. Davies -- Chapter Two. Cultural Politics In Early Modern Tuscany / J. Davies -- Chapter Three. The Structures Of Academic Power / J. Davies -- Chapter Four. Tensions Within The Structures Of Academic Power / J. Davies -- Chapter Five. Rituals / J. Davies -- Chapter Six. Violence And Disorder / J. Davies -- Conclusion / J. Davies -- Appendices / J. Davies -- Bibliography / J. Davies -- Index / J. Davies.