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Community and Clientele in Twelfth-Century Tuscany: The Origins of the Rural Commune in the Plain of Lucca
This book investigates a gap in Italian historiography by examining rural rather than city communes. Wickham's discussion of a group of villages around Lucca is the first detailed study of the origin of organized village communities in Italy to appear in over 70 years. It shows how the 12th-century social and political structures of the countryside ran alongside those of the city.
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Community and Clientele in Twelfth-Century Tuscany: The Origins of the Rural Commune in the Plain of Lucca
This book investigates a gap in Italian historiography by examining rural rather than city communes. Wickham's discussion of a group of villages around Lucca is the first detailed study of the origin of organized village communities in Italy to appear in over 70 years. It shows how the 12th-century social and political structures of the countryside ran alongside those of the city.
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Community and Clientele in Twelfth-Century Tuscany: The Origins of the Rural Commune in the Plain of Lucca

Community and Clientele in Twelfth-Century Tuscany: The Origins of the Rural Commune in the Plain of Lucca

by Chris Wickham
Community and Clientele in Twelfth-Century Tuscany: The Origins of the Rural Commune in the Plain of Lucca

Community and Clientele in Twelfth-Century Tuscany: The Origins of the Rural Commune in the Plain of Lucca

by Chris Wickham

Overview

This book investigates a gap in Italian historiography by examining rural rather than city communes. Wickham's discussion of a group of villages around Lucca is the first detailed study of the origin of organized village communities in Italy to appear in over 70 years. It shows how the 12th-century social and political structures of the countryside ran alongside those of the city.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198207047
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 11/12/1998
Pages: 292
Product dimensions: 5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)
Lexile: 1490L (what's this?)

About the Author

Chris Wickham is the Editor of Past & Present.

Table of Contents

List of Maps1. Introduction2. Lucca and the Sei Miglia in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries3. Rural Settlement, Village Identity, and the Parish in the Lucca Plain4. Signoria and Commune in Moriano in the Twelfth Century: Institutions5. Signoria and Commune in Moriano in the Twelfth Century: People6. Rural Landowners and Rural Communes on the Eastern Plain7. Rural Communes in the Lucca Plain in the Twelfth Century8. Comparative PerspectivesAppendix 1. Sources and AbbreviationsAppendix 2. Main Archival SourcesGuide to Use of Archival SourcesBibliography
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