Calamities and the Economy in Renaissance Italy - The Grand Tour of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Informationen zum Autor Guido Alfani is Associate Professor at Bocconi University, Italy, and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, UK. He is chief editor of the journal Popolazione e Storia . An economic and social historian and an historical demographer, he published extensively on Early Modern Italy, specialising in social alliance systems (particularly godparenthood), in the history of epidemics and famines, and in economic inequality. Klappentext Italy faced a number of catastrophes in the long sixteenth century. This economic and demographic history follows the consequences of these catastrophes - the action of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse - War, Famine and Plague, all followed by Death. Zusammenfassung Italy faced a number of catastrophes in the long sixteenth century. This economic and demographic history follows the consequences of these catastrophes - the action of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse - War! Famine and Plague! all followed by Death. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. War 2. Famine 3. Plague 4. Winners and Losers 5. Population and the Economy: Underlying Trends Conclusion: Towards the Seventeenth Century Appendix Bibliography Index

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. War 2. Famine 3. Plague 4. Winners and Losers 5. Population and the Economy: Underlying Trends Conclusion: Towards the Seventeenth Century Appendix Bibliography Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: G Alfani, G. Alfani, Guido Alfani
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9781349450275
• ISBN: 978-1-349-45027-5
• Seiten: 269
• Serien: Early Modern History: Society and Culture; Early Modern History: Society; Early Modern History: Society and Culture; Early Modern History: Society
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Management; B, Cultural History, European History, Social History, Social & cultural history, Economic history, History, Modern, Civilization—History, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, History of Italy, Italy—History, Europe—History, history;Renaissance;seventeenth century