Peter Burke

Venice and Amsterdam

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A work of comparative history which examines the elites or ruling groups of two major cities in early modern Europe. Focusing on the lives of 563 individuals - the procuratori di San Marco in Venice and the aldermen and burgomasters of Amsterdam - the author examines the ways in which the elites recruited themselves, their wealth and their power.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Polity Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 332g
• ISBN-13: 9780745613246
• ISBN-10: 0745613241
• Artikelnr.: 26754243

Autorenporträt

Peter Burke is Reader in Cultural History and Fellow of Emmanuel College, at the University of Cambridge. A sucessful author, his pblished works include The Art of Conversation (Polity, 1993), and The Italian Renaissance (Polity, 1987).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations viii
Acknowledgements x
Introduction to the Second Edition xii
Abbreviations xxvi
1 The Study of Elites 1
2 Structure 11
3 Political Functions 32
4 Economic Base
5 Style of Life
6 Training 84
7 Attitudes and Values 94
8 Patronage of the Arts 111
9 From Entrepreneurs to Rentiers 125
Appendix: The Investments of the Amsterdam Elite 140
Bibliography 142
Index 162