LEADER 03992oam 22005414a 450 001 9910524691203321 005 20230621140232.0 010 $a0-8018-0062-5 010 $a1-4214-3034-7 035 $a(CKB)4100000010460785 035 $a(OCoLC)1117491526 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse77199 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88813 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29139059 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL29139059 035 $a(oapen)doab88813 035 $a(OCoLC)1549521779 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010460785 100 $a20740625g19679999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFlorence in Transition$eVolume One: The Decline of the Commune /$f[by] Marvin B. Becker 205 $a1st ed. 210 $cJohns Hopkins University Press$d2019 210 1$aBaltimore,$cJohns Hopkins Press$d[1967- 210 4$dİ[1967- 215 $a1 online resource (v. ) 311 08$a1-4214-3074-6 311 08$a1-4214-2992-6 320 $aBibliography: v. 1, p. 237-254; v. 2, p. 257-268. 327 $av. 1. The decline of the commune.--v. 2. Studies in the rise of the territorial state. 330 $aOriginally published in 1967. With the waning of the Middle Ages, the life of the Italian polis underwent a gradual but unmistakable transformation. The leisurely decentralization of the medieval commune, which had its roots in feudalism, the code of chivalry, and religious faith, gave place to the tight despotism of the fourteenth century. This in turn yielded to democratized government and finally to a stricter legalistic and puritanical rule. Marvin Becker's two-volume study of Florence examines this metamorphosis and establishes its relationship to the emergence of the Renaissance state. Volume One traces the decline of the communal paideia in its political, social, and cultural aspects. Through an intensive examination of the fiscal and juridical records of the period and the documents of contemporary literature, Dr. Becker demonstrates the relationship between the death of communal ideals and the centralization of political power, and between the emergence of a strong middle class and a respect for public law. He shows the patricians discovering a community of interest with the burghers, and the vendetta being replaced by courts of law. Finally, he traces the growing ability of the Florentine citizenry to cope with crisis through the newly strengthened organs of the republic. Volume Two will discuss the establishment of Florence as a Renaissance city-state with particular emphasis on the continuum between the medieval commune of the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries and the centralized city of the mid-fourteenth century. A unique contribution of this volume lies in the use made of painstaking and detailed investigation of the voluminous archival resources of the Archivio di Stato of Florence?some of which have since been destroyed by the 1966 flood. In pursuit of what actually took place during communal council meetings, what legislation was passed and what rejected, Dr. Becker scrutinized tens of thousands of documents in a variety of categories, obtaining first-hand knowledge of the careers of those in power, and gaining illuminating insights into motivations and actions. Political, social, and cultural historians will find Florence in Transition, Volume One, a helpful elucidation of the dynamics of historical change and the birth of a state. 606 $aEuropean history$2bicssc 607 $aFlorence (Italy)$xHistory$yTo 1421 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aEuropean history 615 7$aEuropean history 676 $a945/.51 700 $aBecker$b Marvin B$0200464 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524691203321 996 $aFlorence in transition$9590023 997 $aUNINA