Popular government and oligarchy in Renaissance Italy / / by Christine Shaw.
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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| Superior document: | The medieval Mediterranean, v. 66 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Medieval Mediterranean ;
v. 66. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (350 p.) |
| Notes: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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| Summary: | 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 Siena form the basis for the analysis of popular government and oligarchy throughout Italy, from Piedmont and the Veneto to Sicily, and of how they were shaped by social change, institutional developments and external threats and pressures, especially war. In a field dominated by local studies, this comparative approach provides a fresh understanding of the important problem of how and why broadly-based governments were losing ground to oligarchy throughout Italy. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-323) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1281400106 9786611400101 9047410629 |
| ISSN: | 0928-5520 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Christine Shaw. |