The Renaissance on the Road
The Renaissance on the Road
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The Renaissance was a highly mobile, turbulent era in Europe, when war, poverty, and persecution pushed many people onto the roads in search of a living or a safe place to settle. In the same period, the expansion of European states overseas opened up new avenues of long-distance migration, while also fuelling the global traffic in slaves. The accelerating movement of people stimulated commercial, political, religious, and artistic exchanges, while also prompting the establishment of new structures of control and surveillance. This Element illuminates the material and social mechanisms that enacted mobility in the Renaissance and thereby offers a new way to understand the period's dynamism, creativity, and conflict. Spurred by recent 'mobilities' studies, it highlights the experiences of a wide range of mobile populations, paying particular attention to the concrete, practical dimensions of moving around at this time, whether on a local or a global scale.
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‘This book represents an important historiographical update on recent publications on the topic of travel in the Renaissance, and it also offers some interesting insights - as on the journey through the eyes of innkeepers and translators - for those who wish to undertake more in-depth research on the topic. This book is a useful volume not only for young scholars intending to research travels and travelers but also for anyone seeking up-to-date historiography on the subject, or new ideas for their research.’ Enrica Guerra, Renaissance Quarterly
Product details
- Published: July 2023
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781108965668
- Length: 94 pages
- Dimensions: 230 × 150 × 7 mm
- Weight: 0.16kg
- Availability: Available
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Infrastructures
- 2. Materialities
- 3. Agents of Exchange
- 4, Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements.
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