03240nam 22006492 450 991045830460332120210531145055.01-281-40010-6978661140010190-474-1062-910.1163/9789047410621(CKB)1000000000400306(OCoLC)290586709(CaPaEBR)ebrary10234976(SSID)ssj0000224473(PQKBManifestationID)11200856(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224473(PQKBWorkID)10209702(PQKB)10730970(MiAaPQ)EBC3004202(Au-PeEL)EBL3004202(CaPaEBR)ebr10234976(CaONFJC)MIL140010(OCoLC)923613968(nllekb)BRILL9789047410621(EXLCZ)99100000000040030620200716d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPopular Government and Oligarchy in Renaissance Italy /Christine ShawLeiden; Boston :BRILL,2006.1 online resource (350 p.) The Medieval Mediterranean ;66Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph90-04-15311-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- Part I -- Chapter One Popular government in Siena -- Chapter Two Challenge and response -- Chapter Three Making the nobles unwelcome -- Chapter Four Radical popular government and its discontents -- Chapter Five An insecure oligarchy -- Chapter Six Towards a signoria -- Part II -- Introduction to Part II -- Chapter Seven Popular government -- Chapter Eight Oligarchy -- Chapter Nine Striking a balance -- Chapter Ten Popular government under pressure -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Archival and Manuscript Sources -- Bibliography.This book is an examination of the nature of the governments of towns and cities, great and small, in Renaissance Italy, and of why oligarchic regimes were becoming increasingly prevalent. Themes and questions arising from a case-study of the dramatic changes in the government of fifteenth-century Siena form the basis for the analysis of popular government and oligarchy throughout Italy, from Piedmont and the Veneto to Sicily, and of how they were shaped by social change, institutional developments and external threats and pressures, especially war. In a field dominated by local studies, this comparative approach provides a fresh understanding of the important problem of how and why broadly-based governments were losing ground to oligarchy throughout Italy.The Medieval Mediterranean ;66.Local governmentItalyHistoryLocal governmentOligarchyElectronic books.Local governmentHistory.Local government.Oligarchy.320.945/5809024Shaw Christine500264NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910458304603321Popular government and oligarchy in Renaissance Italy1916574UNINA