The Culture and Politics of Regime Change in Italy, c.1494-c.1559 (Routledge Research in Early Modern History)

This volume offers the first comprehensive survey of regime change in Italy in the period c.1494–c.1559. Far from being a purely modern phenomenon, regime change was a common feature of life in Renaissance Italy – no more so than during the Italian Wars (1494–1559). During those turbulent years, governments rose and fell with dizzying regularity. Some changes of regime were peaceful; others were more violent. But whenever a new reggimento took power, old social tensions were laid bare and new challenges emerged – any of which could easily threaten its survival. This provoked a variety of responses, both from newly established regimes and from their opponents. Constitutional reforms were proposed and enacted; civic rituals were developed; works of art were commissioned; literary works were penned; and occasionally, aspects of material culture were pressed into service, as well. Comparative in approach and broad in scope, it offers a provocative new view of the diverse political, culture, and economic factors, which ensured the survival (or demise) of regimes – not only in "major" polities like Florence, Rome, and Venice, but also in less-well-studied regions like Savoy. This book will appeal to researchers and students alike interested in cultural, political, and military history. This volume offers the first comprehensive survey of regime change in Italy in the period c.1494â••c.1559.Far from being a purely modern phenomenon, regime change was a common feature of life in Renaissance Italy â•• no more so than during the Italian Wa Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series Information 3 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 Figures 8 Contributors 10 Acknowledgements 11 Introduction: Regimes and Regime Change in Italy, C.1494–c.1559 12 Notes 18 Bibliography 19 1 Regime Change in the Sabaudian Lands, 1536–1580 20 The Strategic Political Context 20 Types of Regime Change 21 (a) Dynastic 21 (b) Coerced 22 (c) Negotiated 23 (d) Hidden 24 Experiencing Regime Change 25 (a) Uncertainty 25 (b) Symbolic Action 26 (c) Division 28 (d) Regional Variation 29 The Structural Impact of Regime Change 29 (a) Military-Territorial 29 (b) Institutional 30 (c) Political 31 Notes 33 Bibliography 37 2 Memories and Fantasies of Regime Change in Spanish Naples 40 Between History and Stereotype 42 The Calabrian Conspiracy and Tommaso Campanella 46 Conspiracy and Regime Change After 1647–1648 49 Notes 53 Bibliography 57 3 Chutes and Ladders: The Twilight of Two Lombard Families in the Italian Wars 61 Dal Verme Versus Sanseverino 62 Serial Regimes and Radicalization 64 Twists in the Italian Wars 65 Olgisio and the Fate of Northern Italy 68 Olgisio at Trial, 1567 70 Phenomenology of Regime Change 72 Conclusion 75 Notes 77 Bibliography 82 4 Regime Change in Papal Rome: Pius IV and the Carafa (1559–1561) 86 Regime Change in Papal Rome: Theory and Practice 87 The Carafa and the Conditions for a Post-Facto “Coup” 89 Executing the “Coup” 92 After the Executions: Moral Hazard 95 Notes 97 Bibliography 102 5 The Vacant See and Regime Change in Papal Rome, 1503–1559 105 The Pope’s Death as Regime Change 106 Protesting the Old Regime 110 A Cycle of Regimes 115 Notes 118 Bibliography 122 6 The Failed Regime of Pope Adrian VI 126 Prologue: November 1521–August 1522 127 Ritual Failure, August 1522–October 1522 129 Politics and Plague, November 1522–February 1523 133 Ritual Success, February 1523–April 1523 134 Epilogue, May 1523–September 1523 137 Notes 138 Bibliography 142 7 The Prince’s Body: Imagining Regime Change in Mid-Sixteenth-Century Florence 145 Notes 169 Bibliography 173 8 The Historiography of Regime Change in Machiavelli’s Discursus Rerum Florentinarum Post Mortem Iunioris Laurentii Medices 177 The Albizzi Regime 179 The Medici Regime 183 The Sources of Divergence 187 Conclusion 191 Notes 192 Bibliography 198 9 Alda Pio Gambara and Regime Change in Brescia During the Italian Wars 201 Introduction: Successful Regime Change (1509) 201 Mustering and Political Management 204 Writing, Plotting, and Military Management 206 Failed Regime Change (1512) 208 Conclusion 210 Notes 212 Bibliography 217 10 Success in a Silent Regime Change: Electoral Politics, Family Strategies, and the Cappello Family in Early ... 220 Introduction 220 Family, Faction, and the Competition for Offices 222 Office, Money, and Prestige: the Procurators of San Marco 225 Embassies and Sociability With Other Italian Elites 228 Conclusion 231 Notes 233 Bibliography 237 11 In the Name of the Marquis, By the Hand of the Marchioness: Epistolary Networks and Languages of Resilience and ... 241 The Sources and the Context 242 The Network 244 The Language 249 Notes 252 Bibliography 257 12 Trading and Investing During Regime Changes in Genoa 260 Introduction 260 Fiscal Reform and Changes of Regime 261 Case Studies I: Capital Investments and Regime Changes 264 Case Studies II: Merchants and Regime Changes 265 Conclusion 267 Notes 268 Bibliography 272 Unpublished Sources 272 Index 275 Regime,Change;,Early,Modern,History;,Italian,Wars;,Italian,Renaissance;,politics Regime Change,Early Modern History,Italian Wars,Italian Renaissance,politics Introduction : regimes and regime change in Italy, c.1494-c.1559 / Alexander Lee and Brian Jeffrey Maxson -- Regime change in Sabaudian lands, 1536-1580 / Matthew Vester -- Memories and fantasies of regime change in Spanish Naples / Stephen Cummins -- Chutes and ladders : the twilight of two Lombard families in the Italian Wars / John Gagné -- Regime change in Papal Rome : Pius IV and the Carafa (1559-61) / Miles Pattenden -- The vacant See and regime change in Papal Rome, 1503-1559 / John M. Hunt -- The failed regime of Pope Adrian VI / Brian Jeffrey Maxson -- The prince's body : imagining regime change in mid sixteenth-century Florence / Nicholas Scott Baker -- The historiography of regime change in Machiavelli's Discursus reum florentinarum post mortem iunioris Laurentii Medices / Alexander Lee -- Alda Pio Gambara and regime change in Brescia during the Italian Wars / Stephen D. Bowd -- Success in a silent regime change : electoral politics, family strategies, and the Cappello family in early sixteenth-century Venice / Monique O' Connell -- In the name of the marquis, by the hand of the marchioness : epistolary networks and languages of resilience and reaction in Mantua during the League of Cambrai (1509-1510) / Isabella Lazzarini -- Trading and investing during regime changes in Genoa / Carlo Taviani "This volume offers the first comprehensive survey of regime change in Italy in the period c.1494-c.1559. Far from being a purely modern phenomenon, regime change was a common feature of life in Renaissance Italy - no more so than during the Italian Wars (1494-1559). During those turbulent years, governments rose and fell with dizzying regularity. Some changes of regime were peaceful; others were more violent. But whenever a new reggimento took power, old social tensions were laid bare and new challenges emerged - any of which could easily threaten its survival. This provoked a variety of responses, both from newly established regimes and from their opponents. Constitutional reforms were proposed and enacted; civic rituals were developed; works of art were commissioned; literary works were penned; and occasionally, aspects of material culture were pressed into service, as well. Comparative in approach and broad in scope, it offers a provocative new view of the diverse political, culture, and economic factors which ensured the survival (or demise) of regimes - not only in 'major' polities like Florence, Rome, and Venice, but also in less-well studied regions like Savoy. This book will appeal to researchers and students alike interested in cultural, military and political history"-- Provided by publisher