Altopascio - A Study in Tuscan Rural Society, 1587-1784

Klappentext The aim of the book is to gauge the impact of the general European crisis upon a regional society! and to assess the contribution of agrarian economic and social trends towards that crisis. Zusammenfassung This is an interdisciplinary study of a large Italian estate which belonged to the Medici Grand Dukes of Tuscany. The Medici administrators kept detailed records of the activities of their subjects and these have been used by the author to analyse the demographic! social! economic and political history of the village. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Origins; 1. The estate of Altopascio: village and villagers; 2. Population; 3. The economic organization; 4. The economic performance, part 1, 5. The economic performance, part 11, 6. Familial organization; 7. Class divisions; 8. The local authority; 9. The expression of grievance; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: McArdle Frank, Frank McArdle, McArdle Frank
• Assisted by: John Elliott (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.11.2005
• EAN: 9780521023078
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02307-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Italy, Social and cultural history