Churchmen and urban government in late Medieval Italy, c. 1200-c.1450

The Resource Churchmen and urban government in late Medieval Italy, c. 1200-c.1450

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Churchmen and urban government in late Medieval Italy, c. 1200-c.1450

Statement of responsibility

edited by Frances Andrews with Maria Agata Pincelli

Language

eng

Summary

Why, when so driven by the impetus for autonomy, did the city elites of thirteenth-century Italy turn to men bound to religious orders whose purpose and reach stretched far beyond the boundaries of their often disputed territories? Churchmen and Urban Government in Late Medieval Italy, c.1200-c.1450 brings together a team of international contributors to provide the first comparative response to this pivotal question. Presenting a series of urban cases and contexts, the book explores the secular-religious boundaries of the period and evaluates the role of the clergy in the administration and government of Italy's city-states. With an extensive introduction and epilogue, it exposes for consideration the beginnings of the phenomenon, the varying responses of churchmen, the reasons why practices changed and how politics and religious identity relate to each other. This important new study has significant implications for our understanding of power, negotiation, bureaucracy and religious identity

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

322/.109450902

Illustrations

illustrations
maps

Index

index present

LC call number

BR874

LC item number

.C48 2013eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries
bibliography

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