The Italian City Republics [Lingua Inglese] - Rilegato

Waley, Daniel Philip; Dean, Trevor

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ISBN 10: 1138835234 ISBN 13: 9781138835238

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2014

Riassunto

Daniel Waley and Trevor Dean illustrate how, from the eleventh century onwards, many dozens of Italian towns achieved independence as political entities, unhindered by any centralising power. Until the fourteenth century, when the regimes of individual ‘tyrants’ took over in most towns, these communes were the scene of a precocious, and very well-documented, experiment in republican self-government.

Focusing on the typical medium-sized towns rather than the better-known cities, the authors draw on a rich variety of contemporary material (both documentary and literary) to portray the world of the communes, illustrating the patriotism and public spirit as well as the equally characteristic factional strife which was to tear them apart. Discussion of the artistic and social lives of the inhabitants shows how these towns were the seed-bed of the cultural achievements of the early Renaissance.

In this fourth edition, Trevor Dean has expanded the book’s treatment of religion, women, housing, architecture and art, to take account of recent trends in the abundant historiography of these topics. A new selection of illuminating images has been included, and the bibliography brought up to date.

Both students and the general reader interested in Italian history, literature and art will find this accessible book a rewarding and fascinating read.

 

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Daniel Waley was Professor of History at the London School of Economics from 1970 to 1972, before becoming Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Library. He retired in 1986.

Trevor Dean is Professor of Medieval History at University of Roehampton. His recent books include Crime and Criminal Justice in Late Medieval Italy (2007), Crime in Medieval Europe (2001) and The Towns of Italy in the later Middle Ages (2000), a volume of translated primary texts.

Contenuti:

Introduction

1    The legacy of power

  Economic changes

  The nascent commune

2    The population

  Status and occupation

  Growth of the town

  New categories and class feeling

3    Government

  Origins of the commune

  Institutions

  The podestà

  Other officials

  Administration

  Church and state

  The presuppositions of government

  Citizenship

4    Town and country

  The contado

  Administration of the contado

  Immigration from the contado

  Tenurial change in the countryside

  The liberation of the serfs

  The feudal nobility

5    External relations

  The role of Empire and Papacy

  The conduct of diplomacy

  Military organization

  Patriotism

6    Civic spirit and the visual arts

  Palaces and piazzas

  Walls

  Fountains

  Church-building

  Town-planning

  Painting the city

7    Internal divisions

  Nobles and magnates

  The Popolo

  Other private city organizations

  Guelfs and Ghibellines

  The ideal of concord

8    The failure of the republics

  Feudal power

  The triumph of the Signoria

9    The historiography of the City-Republics

Notes and references

Bibliography

Historical Gazetteer

Index

 

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1138835234
• ISBN 13: 9781138835238
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 4
• Numero di pagine: 268