Milan Undone
Milan Undone A new history of how one of the Renaissance's preeminent cities lost its independence in the Italian Wars.In 1499, the duchy of Milan had known independence for one hundred years. As the…
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Milan Undone
A new history of how one of the Renaissance's preeminent cities lost its independence in the Italian Wars.In 1499, the duchy of Milan had known independence for one hundred years. As the major powers of Europe battled for supremacy, Milan, viewed by contemporaries as the "key to Italy," found itself wracked by a tug-of-war between French claimants and its ruling Sforza family. But the turn of the sixteenth century saw the city battered by the Italian Wars.
His focus is not on the successive wars themselves but on the social disruption that resulted. In just thirty years, the city endured nine changes of government before falling under three centuries of Habsburg dominion.John Gagn offers a new history of Milan's demise as a sovereign state. Amid the political whiplash, the structures of not only government but also daily life broke down.
The very meanings of time,