The Italian City Republics
Longman (Verlag)
978-1-4058-5900-4 (ISBN)
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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 books 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.
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.
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
| Verlagsort | London |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 158 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 418 g |
| Themenwelt | Reiseführer ► Europa ► Italien |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4058-5900-8 / 1405859008 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4058-5900-4 / 9781405859004 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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