Author : Stephen D. Bowd
Release : 2010-11
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 203/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis Venice's Most Loyal City by : Stephen D. Bowd
Download or read book Venice's Most Loyal City written by Stephen D. Bowd. This book was released on 2010-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative microhistory of a fascinating yet neglected city shows how its loyalty to Venice was tested by military attack, economic downturn, and demographic collapse. Despite these trials, Brescia experienced cultural revival and political transformation, which Bowd uses to explain state formation in a powerful region of Renaissance Italy.