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Calamities and the economy in Renaissance Italy : the grand tour of the horsemen of the apocalypse / Guido Alfani, Associate Professor of Economic History, Bocconi University, Italy ; translated by Christine Calvert.

Title
  1. Calamities and the economy in Renaissance Italy : the grand tour of the horsemen of the apocalypse / Guido Alfani, Associate Professor of Economic History, Bocconi University, Italy ; translated by Christine Calvert.
Published by
  1. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Author
  1. Alfani, Guido, 1976-

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Description
  1. xii, 257 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. "Italy faced a number of catastrophes in the long sixteenth century. This economic and demographic history follows the consequences of these catastrophes - the action of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse - War, Famine and Plague, all followed by Death. Guido Alfani considers the short-term effects of the calamities affecting Renaissance Italy as well as the impact they had, in the medium- and long-term, on the general economic and demographic trend of the peninsula. The calamities are shown to be not only the source of destruction, but also the cause of a significant redistribution of population and wealth; in other words, they produced winners as well as losers. This overall picture of the economic conditions of Italy in the late Renaissance challenges the received wisdom that suggests, at the beginning of the seventeenth century, the Italian economy was still healthy, innovating and dynamic."--Publisher's website.
Series statement
  1. Early modern history: society and culture
Uniform title
  1. Grand tour dei cavalieri dell'Apocalisse. English
  2. Early modern history (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Alternative title
  1. Grand tour dei cavalieri dell'Apocalisse.
Subject
  1. 1500-1599
  2. Renàˆssansen
  3. 1500-talet
  4. History, 16th Century
  5. Starvation > history
  6. Socioeconomic Factors > history
  7. Population Dynamics > history
  8. Plague > history
  9. Disasters > economics
  10. Warfare
  11. Plague > history > Italy
  12. Population Dynamics > history > Italy
  13. Socioeconomic Factors > history > Italy
  14. Starvation > history > Italy
  15. Italy
  16. Italy > History > 16th century
  17. Italy > Social conditions > 16th century
  18. Italy > Economic conditions > 16th century
Genre/Form
  1. History
Contents
  1. List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- War -- Famine -- Plague -- Winners and losers -- Population and the economy : underlying trends -- Conclusion: towards the seventeenth century -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language (note)
  1. Translated from Italian.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain