The Virtues of Economy : : Governance, Power, and Piety in Late Medieval Rome / / James A. Palmer.
The humanist perception of fourteenth-century Rome as a slumbering ruin awaiting the Renaissance and the return of papal power has cast a long shadow on the historiography of the city. Challenging this view, James A. Palmer argues that Roman political culture underwent dramatic changes in the late M...
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| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note about Currency
- Introduction: Late Medieval Rome, an Elusive Phantom
- Part One: Rome in the Late Middle Ages
- 1. Ruin and Reality
- 2. Power, Morality, and Political Change in Fourteenth-Century Rome
- Part Two: Performances of Virtue
- 3. Living and Dying Together: Testamentary Practice in Fourteenth-Century Rome
- 4. For the Benefit of Souls: Chapels, Virtue, and Justice
- Part Three: Roman Political Society and the Question of Audience
- 5. The Houses of Women: Citizens, Spiritual Economy, and Community
- 6. Good Governance and the Economy of Violence
- Conclusion: To Govern but Not to Rule
- Bibliography
- Index