Tuscany in the Age of Empire

by Brian Brege

A new history explores how one of Renaissance Italy's leading cities maintained its influence in an era of global exploration, trade, and empire.

The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was not an imperial power, but it did harbor global ambitions. After abortive attempts at overseas colonization and direct commercial expansion, as Brian Brege shows, Tuscany followed a different path, one that allowed it to participate in Europe's new age of empire...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674251342
• ISBN13: 9780674251342
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"