Culture and Power (Education and Society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance) by Jonathan Davies
English | Feb 28, 2009 | ISBN: 9004172556 | 377 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
English | Feb 28, 2009 | ISBN: 9004172556 | 377 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
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.