Peasants and Soldiers The Management of the Venetian Military Structure in the Mainland Dominion Between the 16th and 17th Centuries
Auteur : Ongaro Giulio
Early-modern Venice is predominantly remembered as a maritime power, yet historians have become increasingly interested in its political and military aspirations within the Italian mainland. Adding to the growing literature on this subject, Giulio Ongaro?s book addresses the practical management of the Venetian military apparatus in this period. Focusing on two provinces - Vicenza and Brescia - he interrogates a broad spectrum of primary source documents produced by these rural communities that illuminate Venetian military activities between the mid-sixteenth century and the end of the War of Candia in 1670. From the production of the saltpeter, the construction of the fortresses, the supplying and the training of the rural militia and the quartering of troops, this book shows how essential military activities were managed and overseen at the local level.
In so doing, it demonstrates how local autonomy over the management of Venetian military apparatus - particularly from an economic point of view - did not necessarily conflict with wider, ongoing processes of state building or moves towards the centralization of particular public functions. Indeed the state appeared to encourage local élites (initially urban, then rural) to take a leading role in overseeing the localised management of military tasks. The result was a system that both supported the resilience of the local economy (both public and private), and which strengthened and improved the Republic's military assets, allowing it to remain the only Italian state free from the domination of European monarchies.
Introduction
Part I: Venetian Military Structure
1. Military Costs and Rural Public Economy
2. Construction of the Military Structure
3. The Changing Character of Military Costs
4. War, Demographics and Markets
Part II: Management
5. Redistribution
6. Recipients
7. Containment of Costs
Part III: A Republic Among Monarchies
8. Venice and the European Military Structures
Conclusions
Date de parution : 08-2022
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Mots-clés :
Venetian Military Structure; History since 1800; Military Expenditure; Modern History; Local Nances; Military Costs; Rural Militia; Venetian Military; Venetian Authorities; Spanish Lombardy; Vicenza; Military Burdens; Saltpetre Production; Military Structure; Provveditore Generale; RRV; Rural Institution; RRB; Della; Mantuan Succession; Bales; Ducal Order; Militia Ofcers; Local Economic Circuit; Extremely High Frequency; Piedmont Area; Seventeenth Century