Illustriousness in the farmhouse villa: reading virtue from a Flemish-Veronese merchant family's history
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Article Title | Illustriousness in the farmhouse villa: reading virtue from a Flemish-Veronese merchant family's history |
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ERA Journal ID | 7513 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Dewhirst, Catherine |
Journal Title | Parergon: Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies |
Journal Citation | 28 (1), pp. 113-134 |
Number of Pages | 22 |
Year | 2011 |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 0313-6221 |
1832-8334 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1353/pgn.2011.0014 |
Web Address (URL) | https://muse.jhu.edu/article/444791 |
Abstract | The Italian nobility has a long history tied to landownership, a dynamic example of which lies in the history of Verona from the late sixteenth century. Sweeping economic change, intellectual currents, agricultural policies, and the built heritage facilitated the rise in status of some mercantile families. Tracing the pressures facing a foreign merchant family emigrating to Venice and settling in Verona’s Valpolicella reveals the importance of social integration for the family’s members. Their farmhouse villa estate represents an enduring monument not only to the contemporary value of civic virtue but also to the construction of a noble identity. |
Keywords | Italy; Italian; nobility; family history; merchant family; history |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 430308. European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman) |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Humanities and Communication |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0z9x/illustriousness-in-the-farmhouse-villa-reading-virtue-from-a-flemish-veronese-merchant-family-s-history
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