Ellen E Kittell Thomas Madden (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Edition. Publisher's hardback in nearly new condition: firm and square, no bumps, no splits. Complete with original dustjacket: sharp and bright, no tears, no chips. Contents tight, crisp and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels just a former owner's bookplate at the endpaper. Looks unread. Thus a tidy book in very presentable condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. viii + 360 pages, illustrations : 24 cm. For the first time in a generation, leading scholars of medieval and Renaissance Venice join forces to define the current state of the field. Forays into neglected aspects of Venetian studies reveal new insights into coinage and concubinage, the first Jewish ghetto and the Fourth Crusade, and other matters from dowry inflation to state spectacle to cheese. These essays are emblematic of the dynamism that has marked Venetian scholarship over the past half-century, reflecting a shift in the definition of 'history' and 'historiography' from states, military engagements, and economies to prostitutes, brawlers, peasants, and the poor. Contributors bring to this volume impressive experience and expertise in the use of archival material to explore a rich variety of subject matter, interpretations, and methodologies. They draw on both public and private sources - tourist guides, eyewitness reports, government edicts, police records, diary entries, and literary sources in dialect - to articulate a compelling narrative of cultural change in an age of social discipline. Through topics such as "Venice's Hostage Crisis: Diplomatic Efforts to Secure Peace with Byzantium between 1171 and 1184", "The Abbot's Concubine", and "Curfew Time in the Ghetto of Venice", contributors explore diplomatic, economic, and architectural matters, as well as social and cultural trends. Many take interdisciplinary and intercultural approaches, employing innovative methodologies that take Venetian historiography in new directions. Marked by an interweaving of texts and contexts that represents a microcosm of the kind of discussion that continues to animate the discipline, "Medieval and Renaissance Venice" demonstrates the ways in which historiography continuously seeks to make the past vitally present.

Condition: Fine. 345 pp., hardcover, fine in fine dust jacket. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Minor shelf wear to book and dust jacket. Otherwise a tight, unmarked volume. Index. ix, 345 pp.

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Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Edition, First Printing. A lovely copy. Few photos in Ca'da Mosto chapter only.Back flyleaf has pencil notes by previous owner of dates and pages read. Fully indexed. ix, 345pp. This book includes 13 essays by leading scholars of medieval and Renaissance Venice. These include describing new insights into coinage and concubinage, the first Jewish ghetto, and the Fourth Crusade. Also included are dowry inflation to state spectacle to cheese. All these have used both private and public sources leading to a book which 'articulates a compelling narrative of cultural change in an age of social discipline'. Examples of topics are ' Venice's Hostage Crisis: Diplomatic Efforts to Secure Peace with Byzantium between 1171 and 1184,' ' The Abbot's Concubine,' and 'Curfew time in the Ghetto of Venice.' and in these the contributors explore diplomatic, economic and architectural matters as well as social and cultural trends.