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The Virtues of Economy : Governance, Power, and Piety in Late Medieval Rome /
"This book explores the transformation of Roman political culture from c.1350 to c.1450, and its implications for the history of the city, the Papacy, and the modern state. Specifically, it examines the gradual transition of Roman political elites from a commitment to governing Rome as a free c...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, New York :
Cornell University Press,
2019.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : late medieval Rome, an elusive phantom
- Ruin and reality
- Power, morality, and political change in fourteenth-century Rome
- Living and dying together : testamentary practice in fourteenth-century Rome
- For the benefit of souls : chapels, virtue, and justice
- The houses of women : citizens, spiritual economy, and community
- Good governance and the economy of violence
- Conclusion : to govern but not to rule.