Milan undone : contested sovereignties in the Italian Wars / John Gagné.
"In 1499, Milan was an independent state with a stable government. But over the next thirty years, it descended into chaos amid the Italian Wars. John Gagné details Milan's social and political breakdown. The Renaissance may have been the cradle of the modern nation-state, but it was also...
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Format: | Ebook |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
2021.
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Series: | I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history.
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Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
Summary: | "In 1499, Milan was an independent state with a stable government. But over the next thirty years, it descended into chaos amid the Italian Wars. John Gagné details Milan's social and political breakdown. The Renaissance may have been the cradle of the modern nation-state, but it was also a time when sophisticated sovereigns collapsed"-- |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 452 pages) : illustrations. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 0674249933 9780674249936 |