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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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Note on Usage; Introduction; 1. Europe in AD 1000; I. Urban revival; II. The communal tradition; III. The Mediterranean cities; IV. The age of church reform; 2. The rise of the communes, 1000-1150; I. The early Italian communes; II. Diocese and county; III. Territorial expansion; IV. Cities and rural lords; V. Communal instability; 3. Cities and their adversaries, 1150-1300; I. Empire and papacy; II. The Lombard leagues; III. Podestà and popolo; IV. The foundation of new towns; V. The emancipation of serfs; VI. The rise of the signoria.