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Warfare and Politics

Cities and Government in Renaissance Tuscany and Venice

Humfrey Butters Gabriele Neher Reinhold C. Mueller Simon Pepper Krystina Stermole John M. Najemy Maurizio Arfaioli Fabrizio Ricciardelli Richard Goy Jane Stevens Crawshaw

9789089647474
392 pages
Amsterdam University Press
Overview
Warfare and Politics: Cities and Government in Renaissance Tuscany and Venice brings together a group of prominent contributors to consider the topics of government and warfare in Tuscany and Venice in the Renaissance. The essays cover a remarkably broad geographical and topical range as they analyse the economic, military, political, and diplomatic history of Florence, Rome, Venice, and the Italian peninsula in general through the Renaissance and early modern period.
Author Bio
Dr Humfrey Butters (1946-2019) was Emeritus Reader in History at the University of Warwick. Dr Gaby Neher is Associate Professor in Art History at the University of Nottingham.