Information and the Government of the Composite Polities of the Renaissance World (C. 1350-1650)

This book examines the role of information as a crucial means for governance and negotiation, through which Renaissance rulers and governments managed the composite polities under their control. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of European Review of History.

Alessandro Silvestri is Associate Professor at the Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy. His research focuses on the Mediterranean in the later Middle Ages, with particular attention to Sicily and the Crown of Aragon. His areas of expertise include the history of administration, information management, and taxation.