The Florentine Magnates : Lineage and Faction in a Medieval Commune

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In the 1290s a new guild-based Florentine government placed a group of noble families under severe legal restraints, on the grounds that they were both the most powerful and the most violent and disruptive element in the city. In this colorful portrayal of civic life in medieval Florence, Carol Lans...

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Autor principal: Lansing, Carol
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Politics and government
Nobility > Political activity.
Guilds > Political activity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
HISTORY > General.
Guilds > Political activity > Italy > Florence > History > To 1500.
Nobility > Political activity > Italy > Florence > History > To 1500.
Italy > Florence.
Florence (Italie) > Administration > Jusqu'à 1421.
Florence (Italy) > Politics and government > To 1421.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In the 1290s a new guild-based Florentine government placed a group of noble families under severe legal restraints, on the grounds that they were both the most powerful and the most violent and disruptive element in the city. In this colorful portrayal of civic life in medieval Florence, Carol Lansing explores the patrilineal structure and function of these urban families, known as ""magnates."" She shows how they emerged as a class defined not by specific economic interests but by a distinctive culture. During the earlier period of weaker civic institutions, these families built their pow
Notas:Cover; Contents.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (294 pages).
ISBN:9781400862344

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