Transregional Lordship and the Italian Renaissance

Name: Transregional Lordship and the Italian Renaissance | Rene de Challant, 1504-1565
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Rene de Challant, 1504-1565

Matthew Vester(Autor*in)

Amsterdam University Press

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Erschienen am 20. April 2020

330 Seiten

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Rene de Challant, whose holdings ranged from northwestern Italy to the Alps and over the mountains into what is today western Switzerland and eastern France, was an Italian and transregional dynast. The spatially dispersed kind of lordship that he practiced and his lifetime of service to the house of Savoy, especially in the context of the Italian Wars, show how the Sabaudian lands, neighboring Alpine states, and even regions further afield were tied to the history of the Italian Renaissance. Situating Rene de Challant on the edge of the Italian Renaissance helps us to understand noble kin relations, political networks, finances, and lordship with more precision. A spatially inflected analysis of Rene's life brings to light several themes related to transregional lordship that have been obscured due to the traditional tendencies of Renaissance studies. It uncovers an 'Italy' whose boundaries extend not just into the Mediterranean, but into regions beyond the Alps.

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"This is a thoroughly researched study based on vast archival materials in over a dozen different archives in France, Italy, and Switzerland. And as a study of lordship-the exercise of noble privileges and responsibilities, or as the author puts it, the exercise of spatial politics-this is a fascinating and significant case study that deserves a wide readership."
- Mack P. Holt, Renaissance and Reformation, 43.4 (Fall 2021)

"C'est donc un bel ouvrage qui, en plus de renouveler le regard sur un personnage important des guerres d'Italie et pour le duche de Savoie, propose de reconsiderer le role de l'Etat durant la Renaissance italienne en partant de la subsistance de liens feodaux etendus a l'echelle europeenne."
- Jean Senie, Laboratoire italien, October 2020

"Specialists in the wide range of fields that Vester touches on, especially for those with interests in transregional connections, will find his work a treasure trove of useful information for comparative purposes. The breadth, depth, and thoroughness of Vester's scholarship are truly impressive, and offer a good indication of what research in the history of smaller states and less well-known political actors might yet produce."
- James R. Smither, Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 75, No. 2

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