The European Fiscal-Military System 1530-1870
New blog post: Michael Martoccio explores contrasting visions of 18th century Genoa
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Image 2 | Il Ponte Reale, il Ponte nuovo della Mercanzia e il Palazzo di San Giorgio visti dal mare (Friedrich Bernhard Werner, c. 1750, C/O Musei di Genova, Collezioni cartografica e topografica)
Touring the Palazzo di San Giorgio in Eighteenth-Century Genoa
Michael Martoccio is struck by a strange account of greed, murder, penance, and redemption from Genoa in the late eighteenth century. Read more in his blog post here.