Venice and Amsterdam Peter Burke (Emmanuel College, Cambridge)
Published in a thoroughly revised second edition, Venice and Amsterdam is a comparative history of the elites of these two major cities in early modern Europe.
List of Illustrations viii
Acknowledgements x
Introduction to the Second Edition xii
Abbreviations xxvi
1 The Study of Elites 1
2 Structure 11
3 Political Functions 32
4 Economic Base
5 Style of Life
6 Training 84
7 Attitudes and Values 94
8 Patronage of the Arts 111
9 From Entrepreneurs to Rentiers 125
Appendix: The Investments of the Amsterdam Elite 140
Bibliography 142
Index 162