Reinterpreting the Tuscan Economy in the Long Seventeenth Century: New Perspectives for Research from Two Rediscovered Archives

• Matteo Calcagni ^[1]
  1. [1] European University Institute

     European University Institute

     Firenze, Italia

     
• Localización: Journal of European Economic History, ISSN 0391-5115, Vol. 52, Nº. 2, 2023, págs. 78-94
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The period beginning with the rule of Ferdinando II, in 1628, and ending with the death of Cosimo III, in 1723, has not benefited from the historiographic attention it deserves, at least in the last two decades. The lack of interest in this long period of Tuscan his- tory, during which processes took place that delineated many of the fundamental characteristics of the economy and culture of the Medicean Grand Duchy, has distant origins and is rooted in an overall vision that identifies the seventeenth century, if not in de- cline, at any rate as the least significant period