Early Modern Italy, 1550-1800

GREGORY HANLON is Professor of European History at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada.

• Introduction Italy circa 1700: A Geographical Expression Family and Sociability The Renaissance Origins of Modern Italy From Communes to Principalities Spanish Regimes in Italy The Great City-economies, to 1620 Feeding the Cities Traditional Catholicism and its Persistence The Tridentine Church The Rebirth of Rome Bella Figura: The Baroque Era Aristocracy Italy and Islam in the Mediterranean Fifty Years of War (1610-1659) Economic Collapse Rural Crisis (1630-1740) Epidemics and Assistance Philosophy and Science (1550-1700) Venice: Twilight of Empire The Piedmontese Absolutist State Italy as a Great Power Pawn (1660-1760) Justice, Order and Social Control The Italian Enlightenment An Equivocal Recovery Absolutist Reforms in Bourbon Italy The Habsburg Revolutions in Northern Italy Conclusion Glossary Index

'This will be a useful addition to the bibliography on the later stages of the Italian Renaissance. The book is engagingly-written and should prove attractive to the undergraduate readers.' - W. Wurthmann, University of Strathclyde '...a most interesting and informative book...advanced students and general readers...will find something of interest here.' - R. Burr Litchfield, Canadian Journal of History