Roman Tales: A Reader's Guide to the Art of Microhistory

ISBN-13: 9781032092485 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 224 str.

Thomas V. Cohen

Opis

Roman Tales: A Reader’s Guide to the Art of Microhistory explores both the social and cultural life of Renaissance Rome and the mind-set and methods of microhistory. It is ideal for researchers of microhistory, and of medieval and early modern Italy.

Spis treści

Ackowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 First Thoughts; 2 If on a Summer's Eve a Traveller, or Two; 3 White Angel; 4 The Spanish Ambassador's Brawl; 5 Hermit on Trial; 6 The Case of the Purloined Dwarf; 7 Black Velvet's Odd Adventure; 8 Nicolina Runs Away; 9 A Boy Steals Gold; Afterword

O autorze

Thomas V. Cohen is a professor of history at York University, Canada. His previous publications include Love and Death in Renaissance Italy (2004).