Spanish Milan: A City within the Empire, 1535–1706

256 Pages·2012·2.61 MB·English

by  Stefano D’Amico

Spanish Milan
Spanish Milan
A City within the Empire,
1535–1706
Stefano D’Amico
SPANISH MILAN
Copyright © Stefano D’Amico, 2012.
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2012
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ISBN 978-1-349-43439-8 ISBN 978-1-137-30937-2 (eBook)
DOI 10.1057/9781137309372
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
D’Amico, Stefano, 1963–
Spanish Milan : a city within the empire, 1535–1706 /
Stefano D’Amico.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978–1–137–00382–9 (alk. paper)
1. Milan (Italy)—History—1535–1859. 2. Naples (Kingdom)—
History—Spanish rule, 1442–1707. 3. Spaniards—Italy—Milan—History.
I. Title.
DG658.1.D37 2012
945(cid:2).21107—dc23 2012006116
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Printed in the United States of America.
For Aliza and Luca
In loving memory of my mother Anna D’Amico Allegri
(1933–2007)
Contents
List of Figures ix
List of Tables x i
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: A Forgotten City 1
1 “Millain the Great”: Population and the Urban Fabric 7
2 Social Stratification and Professional Groups:
Toward a Growing Polarization 3 5
3 The Pulsing Heart of Europe: Urban Manufactures and
Trading Networks 6 1
4 The Second Rome: Religious Reform and
Ecclesiastical Institutions 9 3
5 The Stronghold of the Monarchy: Administration and
Political Dynamics 1 23
Conclusion 1 51
Notes 1 55
Bibliography 2 09
Index 2 43
Figures
1.1 Map of Milan by Antonio Lafréry, 1573 10
1.2 M ap of Milan by Marco Antonio Barateri, 1629 15
1.3 P alazzo Marino and St. Fedele 18
1.4 U rban parishes within the walls, 1610 19
4.1 T he true portrait, life, death, facts, and miracles of
Saint Carlo Borromeo 99
5.1 M ap of the Duchy of Milan by Giovanni Giorgio
Settala, 1592 1 24
5.2 P hilip II and the coats of arms of his reigns 127
Tables
2.1 Socio-occupational groups in Milan in 1576 and 1610 36
2.2 P arish of St. Tecla, years 1574, 1582, and 1610
(socio-professional categories) 60
3.1 N umber and distribution of domestic staff in Milan in
1576 and 1610 6 8
3.2 P arish of St. Tecla: number and distribution of
domestic staff 6 8
Acknowledgments
T
his book is the product of many years of work and would not have
been possible without the help, advice, or simple friendship and support
coming from many people. First of all, I want to thank Domenico Sella,
whose work inspired me to pursue the study of Spanish Milan while I
was still a student at the University of Milan. I later had the pleasure and
honor of meeting Domenico, a uniquely kind, generous, and intelligent
soul—and his mentoring and scholarly assistance were fundamental dur-
ing my first years in the American academic system.
For the advice and support in the initial stages of research for this
book, I am eternally grateful to Elena Brambilla, Carlo Capra, Lucia
Sebastiani, Giovanni Muto, Giovanni Vigo, Franco Ramella, and the
late Claudio Donati and Cesare Mozzarelli. I also want to extend a per-
sonal thank you to Alex Grab, whom I met in the Milanese archives and
who, with great humor and humility, initiated me to the mysteries of
American universities.
As a work of synthesis, this book strongly relies on the contributions
of a new generation of brilliant scholars, many of whom began their
career with me at the University of Milan and whom I am honored to
call friends. Among these researchers, I would like to thank Gianvittorio
Signorotto, Cinzia Cremonini, Vittorio Beonio-Brocchieri, Antonia
Abbiati, Massimo Giannini, Chiara Continisio, Mario Rizzo, Giovanni
Liva, Stefano Levati, Luca Mocarelli, Flavio Rurale, Paola Curatolo, Lucia
Aiello, Marco Ostoni, and Renzo Corritore. Within this group, special
thanks go to Antonio Álvarez-Ossorio Alvariño and his wife Montse for
their wonderful hospitality during my research trips to Madrid. And to
my old friend and colleague Giuseppe De Luca, my warmest sentiment
and thanks—I cannot even begin to quantify his help and advice in all
practical and theoretical matters of work and life.
I am grateful to the staff of the Archivio di Stato, Archivio Storico
Civico, Archivio della Curia Arcivescovile, and Biblioteca Ambrosiana
in Milan for their invaluable assistance during my research. I also thank
the Civica Raccolta Bertarelli in Milan, for the permission to use some of
their maps and views of Milan in my book.
xiv Acknowledgments
A short-term research grant from the Newberry Library in May 2005
allowed me to access their extraordinary collection, and to write part
of the first chapter of this book. I want to thank the library’s staff, and
especially Paul Gehl, for their help during a very pleasant, productive,
and unforgettable month in Chicago.
This work would never have been completed without the generous
financial support of Texas Tech University that helped fund invaluable
research trips to libraries and archives. In particular, I would like to
thank the College of Arts & Sciences and Dean Lawrence Schovanec
for granting me a Scholars Incentive Award in spring 2011, allowing
me to work almost full time on this manuscript. I would also like to
thank Allan Kuethe, Bruce Daniels, Jorge Iber, and Randy McBee, who,
as chairs of the history department since I began my service at Texas
Tech, have offered financial, academic, and personal support in pursu-
ing my research projects. My former and current colleagues, especially
Jeffrey Mosher, John Howe, Mark Stoll, Julie Willett, Ron Rainger,
David Troyansky, Ed Steinhart, Catherine Miller, and Will Gray, have
always made the environment of the history department friendly and
stimulating.
My dear colleagues and friends, Paul Deslandes, Patricia Pelley,
Miguel, Susie, and Diego Levario, often with the help of good food and
hearty wine, have cheered many of my days in Lubbock, Texas.
I finally want to thank my parents-in-law, Wai and Ming Wong, for
their constant support, and my father Giuseppe D’Amico, whose encour-
agement and material assistance during my trips to Milan have been fun-
damental for the completion of this work.
This book is dedicated to Aliza, my amazingly beautiful and smart
wife, who, besides much improving the quality of my manuscript
through her editing, has always offered to me her full love and support,
and shared with me every moment of joy and sadness in the last twenty
years. And to Luca, my ten-year-old son, who, with his hugs, laughter,
and curious questions, has often interrupted me during my writing ses-
sions, reminding me of the real meaning of life. This work is just a small
token of my unconditional love.
Sections of this book first appeared in “Crisis and Transformation:
Economic Organization and Social Structures in Milan, 1570–1610,”
Social History 25 (2000), 1–21, used here with the permission of Taylor &
Francis Ltd, http://www.tandfonline.com; and in “Rebirth of a City:
Immigration and Trade in Milan, 1630–59,” Sixteenth Century Journal
32 (2001), 697–721, used here with the permission of Sixteenth Century
Journal Publishers, Inc.