ABSTRACT
The preceding chapters drew a multifaceted picture of the Venetian Mainland Dominion in the early modern period. On the one hand, the research focused on the local functioning of the military structure; the conscription of men for fortress construction and frontline combat, demands for carts and provisions and the evolution of troop lodgement. Thus, it was possible to elucidate the consequences of military burdens for the public and private economies of communities. On the other hand, an analysis of the close relationship between the evolution and management of both the state military structure and local and regional economies was the opening gambit in developing insights into the complex dynamics that existed between communities, rural provincial institutions and state, between local and provincial élites, and between statutory legislation, local government practice and state regulatory intervention.
