How did propertied families in late medieval and early modern Florence maintain their power and affluence while equally important clans elsewhere were fatally undermined by the growth of commerce and
This collection of essays by twenty-one distinguished American historians reflects on a peculiarly American way of imagining the past. At a time when history-writing has changed dramatically, the auth
As Europe continues to define and redefine itself economically and politically through the European Union, scholars are very busy doing the same with history, working with one of the two leading theor
