Calamities and the Economy in Renaissance Italy: The Grand Tour of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse

ISBN-13: 9781137289766 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 257 str.

Guido Alfani

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. War 2. Famine 3. Plague 4. Winners and Losers 5. Population and the Economy: Underlying Trends Conclusion: Towards the Seventeenth Century Appendix Bibliography Index

O autorze

Guido Alfani is Associate Professor at Bocconi University, Italy, and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, UK. He is chief editor of the journal Popolazione e Storia. An economic and social historian and an historical demographer, he published extensively on Early Modern Italy, specialising in social alliance systems (particularly godparenthood), in the history of epidemics and famines, and in economic inequality.