The Italian City-Republics by Trevor Dean, Daniel Waley - 9780367673260

Taylor & Francis

The Italian City-RepublicsAuthor(s): Trevor Dean, Daniel Waley\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367673260, 978-0367673260\nSynopsis\nNow in its fifth edition, The Italian City Republics illustrates how, from the eleventh century onwards, many Italian towns achieved independence as political entities, unhindered by any centralising power. Until the fourteenth century, when the regimes of individual tyrants took over in most towns, these communes were the scene of a precocious, and very well-documented, experiment in republican self-government.\n\nIn this new edition, Trevor Dean has expanded the books treatment of women and gender, the early history of the communes and the lives of non-lites. Focusing on the typical medium-sized towns rather than the better-known cities, the authors draw on a rich variety of contemporary material, both documentary and literary, to portray the world of the communes, illustrating th.