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Studies of late medieval Tuscany have traditionally relied on historiographical premises derived from the experience of its intensely investigated capital city. Specifically, normative and quantitative data from Florentine sources have been employed to chart demographic, social, and economic trends during the communal age and across the period of the Black Death and its aftermath. The results have invited instructive comparisons with other regions of Italy, as well as other parts of Europe. At the same time, however, the focus on Florence in its role as a metropolitan center belies the conceptual problems inherent in the modern definition of region, applicable only with hindsight to medieval...
The first scholarly study covering the history of both the city and the region of Lucca, from classical antiquity to the end of the fifteenth century
Not only a photographic revelation of the residential treasures of Lucca, but an exploration of the artistic and cultural heritage of the region.
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This is the first full scholarly history of Lucca in the fifteenth century, from the overthrow of the Guinigi despotism to the beginning of the French invasion of Italy. Thoroughly grounded in the archives, the study covers a wide range of important themes and topics in Lucchese history. Dr Bratchel explores both the politics and the economy of the city, examining city governance and relations with its subject communities. He sets Lucca in its regional context as an important city-republic and as a neighbour of the large and powerful city of Florence. His study makes an important contribution to knowledge of fifteeenth-century Italian history.
Excerpt from Handbook for Travellers in Central Italy: Including Florence, Lucca, Tuscany, Elba, Etc., Umbria, the Marches, and Part of the Late Patrimony of St. Peter; With Travelling Maps, Plans of Towns, Galleries, Etc.; Florence Tms volume forms the continuation of the Handbook of North Italy, and comprises the central region of the Italian Peninsula. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The ancestors of Luigi Francesco Giovanni Belluomini, born 11 March 1910 in Pieve di Compito, Lucca, Italy. He was the son of Giovanni Stefano Belluomini (1868-1949) and Elvira Filomena Bacchi (1865-1944), both of Pieve di Compito. The family was from Pieve di Compito and San Giusto di Compito in the province of Lucca, Italy and includes the surnames of Belluomini, Bacoccina, Paolini, Bacchi, Dal Colletto, Giovannetti, Monsagrati, and others.