Patrons and Adversaries
Subtitle: Nobles and Villagers in Italian Politics, 1640-1760
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: January 7, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780195173864
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; History; History - General History; Politics - Current Events; History: World; Europe - Italy; Political History; Political Process - General; Political Science; History / Italy; Barberini family; Feudalism; Italy; Monte Libretti; Monte Libretti (Italy); Nobility; Rome; Villages
First sentence: A little more than a month after the death of his uncle Pope Urban VIII in July 1644, Taddeo Barberini finalized his purchase of the stato of Monte Libretti from the Orsini family for 1,160,000 scudi.