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The Culture and Politics of Regime Change in Italy, C.1494-C.1559

The Culture and Politics of Regime Change in Italy, C.1494-C.1559

Lee, Alexander
Maxson, Brian Jeffrey

Paperback

Series: Routledge Research in Early Modern History

Italian History

ISBN10: 1032057580
ISBN13: 9781032057583
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 27 2024
Pages: 274
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This volume offers the first comprehensive survey of regime change in Italy in the period c.1494-c.1559.

Far from being a purely modern phenomenon, regime change was a common feature of life in Renaissance Italy - no more so than during the Italian Wars (1494-1559). During those turbulent years, governments rose and fell with dizzying regularity. Some changes of regime were peaceful; others were more violent. But whenever a new reggimento took power, old social tensions were laid bare and new challenges emerged - any of which could easily threaten its survival. This provoked a variety of responses, both from newly established regimes and from their opponents. Constitutional reforms were proposed and enacted; civic rituals were developed; works of art were commissioned; literary works were penned; and occasionally, aspects of material culture were pressed into service, as well. Comparative in approach and broad in scope, it offers a provocative new view of the diverse political, culture, and economic factors, which ensured the survival (or demise) of regimes - not only in major polities like Florence, Rome, and Venice, but also in less-well-studied regions like Savoy.

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