Traditionally grand ducal Tuscany and its cultural politics have been viewed through the lens of absolutism. Based on a wide range of newly found sources and building on recent revisionist scholarship, this study uses the universities of Pisa and Siena to expose the contradictions and the tensions which characterised the grand duchy. Setting the universities against the diplomatic, military, administrative, economic, ecclesiastical, and cultural development of the grand duchy, it shows how innovation mixed with tradition and local privileges were not only upheld but extended significantly.
- ISBN10 9004172556
- ISBN13 9789004172555
- Publish Date 16 March 2009
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Brill
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 362
- Language English
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