The Italian City Republics - Daniel Waley and Trevor Dean
KORTE INHOUD
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 ...
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 ...
