03691nam 22006135 450 991081553560332120200406050111.01-5017-4238-810.7591/9781501742385(CKB)4100000009835510(MiAaPQ)EBC5964882(OCoLC)1090705850(MdBmJHUP)muse75879(StDuBDS)EDZ0002252696(DE-B1597)527433(DE-B1597)9781501742385(EXLCZ)99410000000983551020200406h20192019 fg engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Virtues of Economy Governance, Power, and Piety in Late Medieval Rome /James A. PalmerIthaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]©20191 online resource (258 pages)Cornell scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2019.1-5017-4239-6 1-5017-4237-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note about Currency -- Introduction: Late Medieval Rome, an Elusive Phantom -- 1. Ruin and Reality -- 2. Power, Morality, and Political Change in Fourteenth-Century Rome -- 3. Living and Dying Together: Testamentary Practice in Fourteenth-Century Rome -- 4. For the Benefit of Souls: Chapels, Virtue, and Justice -- 5. The Houses of Women: Citizens, Spiritual Economy, and Community -- 6. Good Governance and the Economy of Violence -- Conclusion: To Govern but Not to Rule -- Bibliography -- IndexThe 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.Cornell scholarship online.Political cultureItalyRomeHistoryTo 1500Christianity and politicsItalyRomeHistoryTo 1500PapacyHistory1309-1378PapacyHistory1378-1447Rome (Italy)History476-1420Rome (Italy)Politics and governmentMedieval History, Renaissance History, religious History, documentary culture/practice, urban history.Political cultureHistoryChristianity and politicsHistoryPapacyHistoryPapacyHistory945.6/3205Palmer James A., authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut66662DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910815535603321The Virtues of Economy3930931UNINA