Virtues of Economy

A. Palmer James

Description

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 commune, and its once-and-future role as the spiritual capital of Latin Christendom. Tracing the contours of everyday Roman politics, The Virtues of Economy reframes the reestablishment of papal sovereignty in Rome as the product of synergy between papal ambitions and local political culture. More broadly, Palmer emphasizes Rome's distinct role in evolution of medieval Italy's city-communes.

Sujets

• Histoire
• Middle Ages
• Italy
• History of Europe
• My Last Duchess

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 décembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501742385
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

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THE VïRTUES OF ECONOMY

THE VïRTUES OF ECONOMY

GOVE RNANCE , POWE R, AND PI E TY I N L AT E ME DI E VAL ROME

J a m e s A . Pa l m e r

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Names: Pamer, James A. ( James Aen), 977– author. Tîte: The vîrtues o economy : governance, power, and pîety în ate medîeva Rome / James A. Pamer. Descrîptîon: ïthaca [New York] : Corne Unîversîty Press, 209. | ïncudes bîbîographîca reerences and îndex. ïdentîIers: CCN 20902822 (prînt) | CCN 20903609 (ebook) | ïSBN 97850742385 (pd ) | ïSBN 97850742392 (epub/mobî) | ïSBN 97850742378 | ïSBN 97850742378 (coth ) Subjects: CSH: Rome (ïtay)—Hîstory—476–420. | Rome (ïtay)—Hîstory—420–798. | Poîtîca cuture—ïtay—Rome—Hîstory—To 500. | Rome (ïtay) —Poîtîcs and government. | Chrîstîanîty and poîtîcs—ïtay—Rome—Hîstory—To 500. | Papacy— Hîstory—309–378. | Papacy—Hîstory—378–447. CassîIcatîon: CC DG8 (ebook) | CC DG8 .P5 209 (prînt) | DDC 945.6/3205—dc23 C record avaîabe at https://ccn.oc.gov/20902822

Cover îustratîon: Map o Rome rom the Nuremberg Chronîce (Reîstrum huîus operîs îbrî cronîcarum cu[m] Iurîs et ÿma[nî]îbus ab înîcîo mu[n]dî), 493. Courtesy o Bayerîsche Staatsbîbîothek München, Rar. 285, o. 57v/58r.

ïn memory o Lînda Aîce Pamer (1952–1998)

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 ïntroductîon: ate Medîeva Rome, an Eusîve Phantom Part One: Rome in the Late Middle Ages  . Ruîn and Reaîty  2. Power, Moraîty, and Poîtîca Change în Fourteenth-Century Rome Part Two: Performances of Virtue  3. îvîng and Dyîng Together: Testamentary Practîce în Fourteenth-Century Rome  4. For the BeneIt o Sous: Chapes, Vîrtue, and Justîce Part Three: Roman Political Society and  the Question of Audience  5. The Houses o Women: Cîtîzens, Spîrîtua Economy, and Communîty  6. Good Governance and the Economy o Vîoence  Concusîon: To Govern but Not to Rue

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A c k n o w l e d g m e n t s

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