This book re-evaluates the role of local agency and provides a new perspective to the political, social and cultural history of state formation, taking a microhistorical approach and through close analysis of archival sources between 1550 to 1700. The backcountry of the Republic of Genoa is a laboratory for gauging the weight and significance of two elements which, according to Charles Tilly and other scholars, have characterized the construction of the modern state: judicial administration and fiscal extraction. This book provides a unique microanalytical perspective on feuds and state formation, and offers the first English-language territorial history of the Republic of Genoa.
Feuds and State Formation, 1550-1700. The Backountry of the Republic of Genoa
Osvaldo Raggio
2018
Abstract
This book re-evaluates the role of local agency and provides a new perspective to the political, social and cultural history of state formation, taking a microhistorical approach and through close analysis of archival sources between 1550 to 1700. The backcountry of the Republic of Genoa is a laboratory for gauging the weight and significance of two elements which, according to Charles Tilly and other scholars, have characterized the construction of the modern state: judicial administration and fiscal extraction. This book provides a unique microanalytical perspective on feuds and state formation, and offers the first English-language territorial history of the Republic of Genoa.
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