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Author Davies, Jonathan, 1966-

Title Culture and power : Tuscany and its universities 1537-1609 / by Jonathan Davies.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 361 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Education and society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 0926-6070 ; v. 34
Education and society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance ; v. 34.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-339) and index.
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Terminology -- Introduction -- Part One -- Context -- Chapter One Building the Grand Duchy -- Chapter Two Cultural Politics in Early Modern Tuscany -- Part Two -- Structures -- Chapter Three The Structures of Academic Power -- Chapter Four Tensions Within the Structures of Academic Power -- Part Three -- Order and Disorder -- Chapter Five Rituals -- Chapter Six Violence and Disorder -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: Deputati di Bal236;a sopra lo Studio di Siena, 15578211;1609 -- Appendix II: Indices of the Known Members of the Pisan Colleges of Doctors, 15438211;1609 -- Appendix III: Indices of the Known Members of the Sienese Colleges of Doctors, 15578211;1579 -- Appendix IV: The Finances of the Studio pisano, the Studio fiorentino13;, and the Accademia fiorentina -- Appendix V: Payments to Professors at the Studio pisano, the Studio fiorentino13;, and the Accademia fiorentina -- Appendix VI: Payments to Professors at the Studio senese, 15578211;1589 -- Bibliography -- Index -- FIGURES -- Fig. 1. Numbers of Chairs at the Studio pisano and Studio senese, 15438211;1608 -- Fig. 2. Teaching Budgets at the Studio pisano and Studio senese, 15438211;1608 -- Fig. 3. Salaries at the Studio pisano and Studio senese, 15438211;1608.
Summary Challenging absolutist interpretations, this title presents a study that 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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Subject Universities and colleges -- Italy -- Tuscany -- History.
Universities and colleges.
Italy -- Tuscany.
History.
Universities and colleges -- Social aspects -- Italy -- Tuscany.
Universities and colleges -- Social aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Davies, Jonathan, 1966- Culture and power. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004172555 (DLC) 2008052016 (OCoLC)291453875
ISBN 9789047426028 (electronic book)
9047426029 (electronic book)
128260175X
9781282601758
9789004172555 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9004172556 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004172555.i-362