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Calamities and the Economy in Renaissance Italy

The Grand Tour of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Guido Alfani

    1. Bocconi University, Italy

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Part of the book series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture (EMH)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Guido Alfani
    Pages 1-11

  3. War

    • Guido Alfani
    Pages 12-41

  4. Famine

    • Guido Alfani
    Pages 42-78

  5. Plague

    • Guido Alfani
    Pages 79-111

  6. Winners and Losers

    • Guido Alfani
    Pages 112-135

  7. Population and the Economy: Underlying Trends

    • Guido Alfani
    Pages 136-168

  8. Conclusion: Towards the Seventeenth Century

    • Guido Alfani
    Pages 169-175

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 176-257
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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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Bocconi University, Italy

    Guido Alfani

About the author

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.

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