Community and Clientele in Twelfth-Century Tuscany: The Origins of the Rural Commune in the Plain of Lucca - Rilegato

Wickham, Chris

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0198207042 ISBN 13: 9780198207047

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 1998

Riassunto

This book addresses a gap in Italian historiography by examining rural rather than city communes. In recent years, historians have increasingly focused on local and regional studies of village communities as a way of understanding medieval European history. This discussion of a group of villages around Lucca is the first detailed study of the origin of organized village communities in Italy for over seventy years, showing how the social and political structures of the countryside ran alongside those of the city. Chris Wickham analyses how local politics took recognizable shape as its ruling structures gradually emerged over time. His argument does not end there, and indeed extends beyond Italy, to France and Spain, providing sustained comparisons of rural development and social organization. The result is a rare combination of systematic local analysis and wide synthesis, aimed at illuminating the whole area of social transformation in twelfth-century Europe.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Chris Wickham is the Editor of Past & Present.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0198207042
• ISBN 13: 9780198207047
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 292
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile