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Reti sociali, reti mercantili: strategie di formalizzazione dei contatti e trustbuilding nell'Italia centro-settentrionale tra Medioevo ed Età moderna
No full textL'articolo ricostruisce il modo in cui padrinato e selezione dei testimoni di nozze erano impiegati per stabilire o consolidare relazioni sociali formali utili all'attività mercantile
Wealth Inequalities and Population Dynamics in Northern Italy during the Early Modern Period
No full textThis article explores the relationship between concentration of wealth and population dynamics in the Early Modern period, focussing on the exceptionally well documented case of the Italian city of Ivrea and placing it in the wider European context. The article tests Van Zanden’s hypothesis that a positive relationship between economic inequality and growth exists before the Industrial Revolution. It finds that concentration and distribution of wealth is very resilient even in face of acute demographic shocks (such as the plague of 1630), and that during 17th Century there is a slow increase in concentration also in areas characterized by economic stagnation
Calamities and the Economy in Renaissance Italy. The Grand Tour of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse
No full textItaly 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. The book 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 and suggests that at the beginning of the seventeenth century the Italian economy was still healthy, innovating and dynamic
La Iglesia y el padrinazgo. ¿Una institución social rebelde? (Italia, Espana y Europa desde el signo V hasta la actualidad)
No full textDurante la Edad Media, la institución social del padrinazgo consiguió evitar los intentos de reglamentación por parte de la Iglesia, preocupada por el hecho de que la elección de padrinos y madrinas no obedecía a la búsqueda de tutor espiritual sino que, por el contrario, se hacía persiguiendo otros intereses. Esta incapacidad de control de la Iglesia se evidencia en la multitud de costumbres locales que a menudo permitían a los numerosos padrinos y madrinas asistir al bautizo. Sólo el Concilio de Trento (1545-1563) uniformó estas prácticas que, en adelante, deberían cumplir con las nuevas normas impuestas. Sin embargo, los cánones tridentinos produjeron un resultado inesperado y opuesto al deseado: el padrinazgo se transformó en un instrumento de clientelismo social. Consciente de este nuevo fracaso, paulatinamente la Iglesia perdió interés en el padrinazgo que, a pesar de que cumplía formalmente con las normas tridentinas, continuó subordinándose a los usos sociales. Ahora bien, ésta fue una transformación de los hábitos que, entre los siglos XVII y XIX, obligó a una reorientación de las selecciones: cada vez más a menudo, los padrinos y las madrinas se seleccionaban dentro del más estricto parentesco. Este proceso provocó, a largo plazo, la pérdida de sentido del padrinazgo que caracteriza la Europa católica de hoy en día
Les réseaux de marrainage en Italie du Nord du XVe au XVIIe siècle: coutumes, évolution, parcours individuels
No full textThe article analyzes the changing role of women acting as godmothers, and argues that the Council of Trent promoted, in a way, "spiritual equality" between the sexes
I padrini: patroni o parenti? Tendenze di fondo nella selezione dei parenti spirituali in Europa (XV-XX secolo
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Plague in Seventeenth Century Europe and the Decline of Italy: an Epidemiological Hypothesis
No full textThis article compares the impact of plague across Europe during the seventeenth century. It shows that the disease affected southern Europe much more severely than the north. Italy was by far the area worst struck. Using a new database, the article introduces an epidemiological variable that has not been considered in the literature: territorial pervasiveness of the contagion. This variable is much more relevant than local mortality rates in accounting for the different regional impact of plague. Epidemics, and not economic hardship, generated a severe demographic crisis in Italy during the seventeenth century. Plague caused a shock to the economy of the Italian peninsula that might have been key in starting its relative decline compared with the emerging northern European countries
Il Grand Tour dei Cavalieri dell’Apocalisse. L'Italia del 'lungo Cinquecento' (1494-1629)
No full textIl libro analizza le catastrofi che colpirono l’Italia all’inizio dell’Età moderna (1494-1629), nelle loro conseguenze demografiche ed economiche in primo luogo, ma anche sociali, psicologiche e culturali. Propone quindi un’interpretazione complessiva degli effetti delle calamità che porta a sottolineare non tanto i fattori di distruzione (di uomini, mezzi, capitale) quanto quelli di redistristibuzione, tra individui e tra specifici gruppi umani, delle grandi crisi del passato: peraltro, sotto tale profilo, non troppo differenti da quelle contemporanee. Il volume conclude che le devastazioni causate dai 'Cavalieri dell’Apocalisse' (peste, guerra, carestia) nel Cinquecento italiano furono assai meno severe di quanto comunemente non si ritenga. Propone quindi una sensibile revisione del trend demografico ed economico delle economie della penisola nel corso dell'età moderna, contestando la tesi della 'estate di San Martino' proposta a suo tempo da Carlo M. Cipolla e suggerendo che il vero punto di svolta sia segnato solo dalle grandi pandemie di peste del Seicento
Economic inequality in Northwestern Italy: a long-term view (fourteenth to eighteenth centuries)
No full textThis article provides a picture of economic inequality in northwestern Italy (Piedmont), 1300-1800. Regional studies of this kind are rare, and none has as long a timescale. The new data proposed illuminate little-known aspects of wealth distribution and general economic inequality in preindustrial times, supporting the idea that during the Early Modern period, inequality grew everywhere, independently from whether the economy was growing or stagnating. This challenges earlier views that explained inequality growth as the consequence of economic development. The importance of demographic processes is underlined, and the impact of the Black Death and other mortality crises is analyze
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