The Origins of the State in Italy, 1300-1600

by Julius Kirshner

Book Overview

The beginnings of the state in Europe is a central topic of contemporary historical research. The making of such early modern Italian regional states as Florence, the kingdom of Naples, Milan, and Venice exemplifies a decisive turn in the state tradition of Western Europe. The Origins of the State in Italy, 1300-1600 represents the best in American, British, and Italian scholarship and offers a valuable and critical overview of the key problems of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226437701
• ISBN13: 9780226437705
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"