A Companion to Late Medieval and Early Modern Milan : The Distinctive Features of an Italian State.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures and Maps -- Notes on the Contributors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Milan and Lombardy in the Era of the Visconti and the Sforza -- Chapter 2 Spanish Milan, 1535-1706 -- Chapter 3 The Lombard Church in the Late Middle Ages -- Chapter 4 The Reformation and the Catholic Revival in the Borromeo's Age -- Chapter 5 The Economy of Renaissance Milan -- Chapter 6 The Economy in the 16th and 17th Centuries -- Chapter 7 Culture in Lombardy, ca. 1350-1535 -- Chapter 8 Culture in Lombardy, 1535-1706 -- Chapter 9 Milan (and Lombardy): Art and Architecture, 1277-1535 -- Chapter 10 The Arts Under the Spanish Rulers (1535-1706) -- Chapter 11 Court and Church Music in 14th- and 15th-Century Milan -- Chapter 12 Music in the 16th and 17th Centuries -- Chapter 13 Territorial Identities -- Chapter 14 Founding a Social Cosmos: Perspectives for a Historical Anthropology of Early Modern Lombardy -- Chapter 15 The Jews: Institutions, Economy, and Society -- Chapter 16 Gender and Law in Milan -- Chapter 17 The Politics of Law -- Chapter 18 Towards a New Social Category: The Military -- Chapter 19 Nobility in Lombardy between the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age -- Chapter 20 People, Groups, and Institutions:Charity and Assistance in the Duchy of Milan from the 15th to the 17th Century -- Index.

20 Chapters by qualified and distinguished scholars offer a new and original view of the State of Milan from the mid 14th to the late 17th century, with themes ranging from society to politics, music to literature, the history of art to law, the church to the economy.

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