G. Alfani

Gebundenes Buch

Calamities and the Economy in Renaissance Italy

The Grand Tour of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Beschreibung

Italy faced a number of catastrophes in the long sixteenth century. This economic and demographic history follows the consequences of these catastrophes - the action of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse - War, Famine and Plague, all followed by Death.

Autor

Guido Alfani is Associate Professor at Bocconi University, Italy, and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, UK. He is chief editor of the journal Popolazione e Storia. An economic and social historian and an historical demographer, he published extensively on Early Modern Italy, specialising in social alliance systems (particularly godparenthood), in the history of epidemics and famines, and in economic inequality.

Produktdetails

• Early Modern History: Society and Culture
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-28976-6
• 2013
• Seitenzahl: 257
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 145mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 461g
• ISBN-13: 9781137289766
• ISBN-10: 1137289767
• Artikelnr.: 37273748