Production of Locality in the Early Modern and Modern Age - Places

This book is a microhistory study of village settlements in early modern Northwest Italy that aims to expand the notion of place to include the process of producing a locality; that is, the production of native local subjects through practices, rituals and other forms of collective action.

Undertaking a micro-analytical approach, the book examines the customs and practices associated with typically fragmented and polycentric Italian village settlements to analyze the territorial tensions between various segments of a village and its neighbors. The microspatial analysis reveals how these tensions are the expressions of conflictual relationships between lay, ecclesiastical and charitable bodies culminating in a "culture of fragmentation" that impacts local economic and political practices. The book also traces how the production of locality survived throughout the nineenth and twentieth century and is still observed today. In this light, the study of practices and policies of locality over time that this book undertakes is an essential tool to better understand the nature and role of these social bonds in today's society.

Archival records and the methods for approaching this source material are included within the text, making it an accessible and invaluable book for students and teachers of social and cultural history.

List of contents

Introduction

Part I Matrices

1. Community Building: Brotherhoods, Bodies and Municipalities

2. The Eucharist and the Generation of Space

3. Separate Lands

Part II From Law to Culture

4. Transit

5. Possession and Fiscality

6. Vindication and Oblivion

Part III After the Flood

7. Tourism and Civic Uses

8. Production of Locality Today

Conclusions

About the author

Angelo Torre is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy. He studied early modern micropolitics through religious and jurisdictional sources. He wrote Il consumo di devozioni (1995) and edited Per vie di terra (2007) and is currently the editor of the journal Quaderni storici.

Summary

Places is a microhistory study of village settlements in early modern Northwest Italy that aims to expand the notion of place to include the process of producing a locality; that is, the production of native local subjects through practices, rituals and other forms of collective action.

Product details

• Authors: Angelo Torre, Angelo (University of Eastern Piemont Torre
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781032084916
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3208491-6
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Microhistories
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, c 1500 onwards to present day, Historiography, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Industrialisation and industrial history, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General