The Virtues of Economy
Governance, Power, and Piety in Late Medieval Rome
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 Middle Ages, with profound and lasting implications for city's subsequent development. The Virtues of Economy examines the transformation of Rome's governing elites as a result of changes in the city's economic, political, and spiritual landscape.Palmer explores this shift through the history of Roman political society, its identity as an urban comm…
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- ISBN: 978-1-5017-4239-2
- EAN: 9781501742392
- Produktnummer: 30407592
- Verlag: Cornell University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 258 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'864 KB
- Abbildungen: 1 b&w halftone, 2 maps
- Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.
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James A. Palmer
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