Culture and Power: Tuscany and its Universities 1537-1609
- ISBN-10
- 9047426029
- ISBN-13
- 9789047426028
- Series
- Culture and Power
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 376
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-03-16
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Author
- Jonathan Davies
Description
Challenging absolutist interpretations, this study uses the universities of Pisa and Siena to reveal the contradictions and the tensions as well as the innovations and the traditions which characterised the grand duchy of Tuscany and its cultural politics.
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