Da Brescia all’Europa: viaggiatori e itinerari in età moderna

This volume explores the experiences of travelers from Brescia who, from the closing centuries of the Middle Ages to the beginning of the nineteenth century, journeyed across the European continent for a variety of purposes, including diplomacy, commerce, education, military service, and cultural exchange. Drawing extensively on previously unpublished archival sources, the essays reconstruct individual itineraries, encounters, and perceptions, offering new perspectives on the mobility of people, ideas, and practices in premodern and early modern Europe. By examining travel as both a personal experience and a vehicle of cultural transmission, the volume highlights the diverse motivations that prompted movement across political and geographical boundaries and investigates the ways in which travelers interpreted the societies they encountered. The unpublished documentation brought together here not only enriches our understanding of Brescia’s connections with the wider European world but also contributes to broader debates on travel, identity, intercultural exchange, and the circulation of knowledge between the late medieval and early modern periods.