Popular government and oligarchy in Renaissance Italy

This book is an examination of the nature of the governments of towns and cities, great and small, in Renaissance Italy, and of why oligarchic regimes were becoming increasingly prevalent. Themes and questions arising from a case-study of the dramatic changes in the government of fifteenth-century S...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Shaw, Christine (Italian Renaissance historian) (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill 2006.
Colección:The medieval Mediterranean ; v. 66.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover13;
  • Copyright13;
  • Contents13;
  • Abbreviations13;
  • Preface13;
  • Part I
  • Chapter One: Popular Government in Siena13;
  • Chapter Two: Challenge and Response13;
  • Chapter Three: Making the Nobles Unwelcome13;
  • Chapter Four: Radical Popular Government and its Discontents13;
  • Chapter Five: An Insecure Oligarchy13;
  • Chapter Six: Towards a Signoria13;
  • Part II13;
  • Introduction to Part II13;
  • Chapter Seven: Popular Government13;
  • Chapter Eight: Oligarchy13;
  • Chapter Nine: Striking a Balance13;
  • Chapter Ten: Popular Government Under Pressure13;
  • Conclusion13;
  • Glossary13;
  • Archival and Manuscript Sources13;
  • Bibliography13;
  • Index13.