The Wealth of Communities: War, Resources and Cooperation in Renaissance Lombardy

by Matteo Di Tullio

Book Overview

The early decades of the sixteenth century were a turbulent time for the Italian peninsula as competing centres of power struggled for political control. Nowhere was this more true than the area contested by Milan and Venice, that was constantly crossed and occupied by rival armies. Investigating the impact of successive crises upon the inhabitants of the Po Valley, this book challenges many fundamental assumptions about the relationship between war...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 103292618X
• ISBN13: 9781032926186
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 234 Pages