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This volume brings together a set of classic essays by Domenico
Sella in which he reassesses the economic fortunes of Northern
Italy, in particular Lombardy and Venice, during the 16th and 17th
centuries. In addition, the literature on the economics and society
of northern Italy had hitherto dealt primarily with the major
cities, Milan, Florence and Venice, and their celebrated
manufactures, extensive commercial activities and banking. By
contrast their countryside was largely neglected and its population
dismissed as an undifferentiated mass of peasants fully engaged in
farming. The essays in this volume represent as many soundings into
this "long forgotten" rural world. As it turns out, rural
communities often harbored handicraft industries, and the latter
appear to have avoided the debacle that hit the urban economies and
their celebrated manufactures, highly regulated as they were by the
guilds, in the face of international competition.
In his comprehensive overview of 17th century Italy, Professor
Sella challenges the old view that Italy was in general decline,
instead he shows it to have been a time of sharp contrasts and
shifts in fortune. He starts with a balanced and critical analysis
of political developments (placing the Italian states in their
wider European context) before assessing the state of the economy.
He then looks in depth at society, religion, and culture and
science and in particular reassesses the influence of the Counter
Reformation on Italian life. His book ends with an engrossing
account of the life and work of Galileo as well as an overview of
the important and often neglected contributions made by other
scientists in the later part of the century. This rich and balanced
volume is an ideal introduction to early modern Italy, and provides
a critical revaluation of a much misunderstood period in the
country's history.
In his comprehensive overview of 17th century Italy, Professor
Sella challenges the old view that Italy was in general decline,
instead he shows it to have been a time of sharp contrasts and
shifts in fortune. He starts with a balanced and critical analysis
of political developments (placing the Italian states in their
wider European context) before assessing the state of the economy.
He then looks in depth at society, religion, and culture and
science and in particular reassesses the influence of the Counter
Reformation on Italian life. His book ends with an engrossing
account of the life and work of Galileo as well as an overview of
the important and often neglected contributions made by other
scientists in the later part of the century. This rich and balanced
volume is an ideal introduction to early modern Italy, and provides
a critical revaluation of a much misunderstood period in the
country's history.
This volume brings together a set of classic essays by Domenico
Sella in which he reassesses the economic fortunes of Northern
Italy, in particular Lombardy and Venice, during the 16th and 17th
centuries. In addition, the literature on the economics and society
of northern Italy had hitherto dealt primarily with the major
cities, Milan, Florence and Venice, and their celebrated
manufactures, extensive commercial activities and banking. By
contrast their countryside was largely neglected and its population
dismissed as an undifferentiated mass of peasants fully engaged in
farming. The essays in this volume represent as many soundings into
this "long forgotten" rural world. As it turns out, rural
communities often harbored handicraft industries, and the latter
appear to have avoided the debacle that hit the urban economies and
their celebrated manufactures, highly regulated as they were by the
guilds, in the face of international competition.
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