Brescia (Italy)--Social life and customs
Brescia (Italy)--Politics and government
Brescia (Italy)--Relations--Italy--Venice
City and town life--History--Italy--Brescia
Political culture--History--Italy--Brescia
Venice (Italy)--Relations--Italy--Brescia
Pt. 1. Myth and history. Regional states and civic identity ; The myths of Brescia -- Pt. 2. Politics. Privilege, power, and politics ; Forming an urban oligarchy -- Pt. 3. Religion, ritual, and civic identity. Space, ritual, and identity ; Civic religion and reform ; Puritanism and the social order -- Pt. 4. Cooperation and conflict. A funerary fracas ; Jewish life ; Witches -- Pt. 5. Crisis and recovery. Disloyal Brescia ; Venice and the recovery of power.