Synopses & Reviews
A collection of the best recent research on the Republic of Florence in Tuscany during the Renaissance.
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Synopsis
The book collects the best recent research on the important dominion that was created by the Republic of Florence in Tuscany during the Renaissance. The essays include studies of state-building, fiscal policy, and the personal and political relations of Florentines with the inhabitants of subject communities.
Table of Contents
Preface William J. Connell; 1. The âmaterial constitutionâof the Florentine dominion Andrea Zorzi; 2. The language of empire Alison Brown; 3. Constitutional ambitions, legal realities and the Florentine state Jane Black; 4. Fiscality, politics and dominion in Florentine Tuscany Giuseppe Petralia; 5. Market structures Stephan R. Epstein; 6. State-building, church reform and the politics of legitimacy David S. Peterson; 7. The humanist citizen as provincial governor William J. Connell; 8. Territorial offices and office holders Laura De Angelis; 9. Demography and the politics of fiscality Samuel K. Cohn Jr; 10. Florentines and the communities of the territorial state Patrizia Salvadori; 11. Patronage and its role in government: the Florentine patriciate and Volterra Lorenzo Fabbri; 12. San Miniato al Tedesco: the evolution of the political class Francesco Salvestrini; 13. The social classes of Colle Val dâElsa and the formation of the dominion Oretta Muzzi; 14. Arezzo, the Medici and the Florentine regime Robert Black; 15. Rubrics and requests: statutory division and supra-communal clientage in Pistoia Stephen J. Milner; 16. A comment Giorgio Chittolini.