Sabaudian Studies: Political Culture, Dynasty, and Territory (1400–1700)

Published by Penn State University Press 2013

Sabaudian Studies

Political Culture, Dynasty, and Territory (1400–1700)

Edited by: Matthew Vester

Volume 12 in the series Early Modern Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271091006

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This collection of interdisciplinary essays introduce the history and culture of the lands ruled by the sovereign house of Savoy during the late medieval and early modern periods, territories now part of France, Italy, and Switzerland. Because the Sabaudian realms were geographically, linguistically, and culturally diverse and did not evolve into a single modern nation-state, their early history has been overlooked by historians whose perspectives were often informed by a narrow, national framework.

An international team of scholars offers new research that de-provincializes many of the existing rich scholarly assessments of the historical significance of these lands, which were important for rulers and subjects throughout early modern Europe. The volume explores the concept of “Sabaudian studies” and identifies historiographic developments and current trends in the field. Beginning with the geography and the history of the area, the essays examine Sabaudian political culture (diplomatic practice, judicial institutions, and political thought), dynastic representation (court festivals and celebrations, and the projection of dynastic prestige abroad, with attention to the sacred heritage of the house), and territorial domination (its fiscal, religious, feudal, and composite dimensions).

Contributors include Eva Pibiri, Laurent Perrillat, Rebecca Boone, Alessandro Celi, Thalia Brero, Stéphane Gal and Preston Perluss, Michel Merle, Toby Osborne, Kristine Kolrud, Guido Alfani, Marco Battistoni, Matthew Vester, and Blythe Alice Raviola.

Author / Editor information

Vester Matthew :

Matthew Vester grew up in Virginia Beach, VA, attended university in Washington DC, and received his graduate training at the University of Virginia and UCLA. He taught at Southern Illinois University and is now a member of the History Department at West Virginia University. He and his wife Annastella have two children.

Reviews

“... contributors make excellent use of the magnificent materials in the Archivio di Stato in Turin, but the use of other archives helps to ensure an analysis of key historical problems embracing a variety of perspectives, as well as an emphasis on broader European context.”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Illustrations and Maps Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Dukes of Savoy, 1343–1730 Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction The Sabaudian Lands and Sabaudian Studies Matthew Vester Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1 Sabaudian Studies The Historiographic Context Matthew Vester Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
Policies and Institutions
2 The Practice of Diplomacy at the Court of Amadeus VIII of Savoy (1391–1440) Eva Pibiri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
3 Justice and Politics The Conseil de Genevois during the Early Sixteenth Century Laurent Perrillat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
4 From Piedmont to Tenochtitlan Social Conflict and Mercurino di Gattinara’s Imperial Policies in New Spain Rebecca Boone Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
5 Philibert-Albert Bailly, or The Origins of Valdostano Particularism Alessandro Celi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
Representing the Dynasty
Chapter 6 Recollecting Court Festivals Ceremonial Accounts in Sixteenth-Century Savoy Thalia Brero Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Chapter 7 Charles Emanuel I’s Foreign Policy The Duke of Savoy’s French Voyage (1599–1600) Stéphane Gal and Preston Perluss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Chapter 8 The Model of the Holy Savoyard Prince A Religious Discourse for Political Ends Michel Merle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Chapter 9 The House of Savoy and the Theatre of the World Performances of Sovereignty in Early Modern Rome Toby Osborne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Chapter 10 The Prolonged Minority of Charles Emanuel II Kristine Kolrud Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Territorial Practices
Chapter 11 Fiscality and Territory Ivrea and Piedmont between the Fifteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Guido Alfani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Chapter 12 Reshaping Local Public Space Religion and Politics in the Marquisate of Saluzzo between the Reformation and Counter-Reformation Marco Battistoni Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240
Chapter 13 Composite Politics in the Vallée d’Aoste Matthew Vester Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Chapter 14 Sabaudian Spaces and Territories Piedmont as a Composite State (Ecclesiastical Enclaves, Fiefs, Boundaries) Blythe Alice Raviola Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278
Postscript In Memory of Robert Oresko Geoffrey Symcox, Matthew Vester, Toby Osborne and Blythe Alice Raviola Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	298
About the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315

Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 344

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Published: March 25, 2013
ISBN: 9780271091006