The city-state in Europe, 1000-1600 : hinterland, territory, region /
No detailed comparison of the city-state in medieval Europe has been undertaken over the last century. Research has concentrated on the role of city-states and their republican polities as harbingers of the modern state, or else on their artistic and cultural achievements, above all in Italy. Much l...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | No detailed comparison of the city-state in medieval Europe has been undertaken over the last century. Research has concentrated on the role of city-states and their republican polities as harbingers of the modern state, or else on their artistic and cultural achievements, above all in Italy. Much less attention has been devoted to the cities' territorial expansion: why, how, and with what consequences cities in the urban belt, stretching from central and northern Italy over theAlps to Switzerland, Germany, and the low countries, succeeded (or failed) in constructing sovereign polities, with o. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 382 pages) : maps (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191624360 0191624365 1280594470 9781280594472 |