Book presentation
The reign of Cosimo III de’ Medici (1670–1723) has long been portrayed as a period of decline in the history of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Since the 1990s, however, this interpretation has been increasingly revised, as new scholarship has emphasized the complexity of the political, economic, and social structures of late seventeenth-century Tuscany. Rather than a phase of irreversible stagnation, the period emerges as one of adaptation and transformation.
Speakers:
Franco Angiolini (Università di Pisa)
Catia Brilli (Università degli Studi dell’Insubria)
Stefano Villani (University of Maryland)
Discussants:
Matteo Calcagni (University of Pisa).
Davide Trentacoste (Scuola Normale Superiore)
Moderator:
Pier Mattia Tommasino (Columbia University)
Event sponsored by the Department of Italian and the European Institute, Columbia University