Patrons and Adversaries - Nobles and Villagers in Italian Politics, 1640-1760

Klappentext Four generations of the aristocratic Barberini family and its "vassals" clashed over how the early modern Roman countryside should be governed. Villagers sometimes cultivated noble interference, but they frequently resisted it through the strategies of adversarial literacy, political ways of reading and writing that challenged noble hegemony in the village. Zusammenfassung Four generations of the aristocratic Barberini family and its "vassals" clashed over how the early modern Roman countryside should be governed. Villagers sometimes cultivated noble interference, but they frequently resisted it through the strategies of adversarial literacy, political ways of reading and writing that challenged noble hegemony in the village.

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• Authors: Caroline Castiglione, Caroline (Assistant Professor of Hist Castiglione, Caroline (Assistant Professor of History Castiglione, Castiglione Caroline
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2004
• EAN: 9780195173864
• ISBN: 978-0-19-517386-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800