The Cost of Empire
Subtitle: The Finances of the Kingdom of Naples in the Time of Spanish Rule (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 8, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780521522281
Subjects: Economic History; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; c 1500 to c 1600; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Italy; Spain; Business & Economics / Economic History
First sentence: The Kingdom of Naples [Ambassador Paolo Tiepolo told the Venetian Senate in 1563] is a rather large and reasonably inhabited country; fruitful and abundant in many crops, especially in wheat, not only for its own use but also for many other areas. . .