LEADER 03497oam 22005414a 450 001 9910524691403321 005 20230621135912.0 010 $a0-8018-0063-3 010 $a1-4214-3033-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000010460784 035 $a(OCoLC)1117491485 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse77200 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88814 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29138911 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL29138911 035 $a(oapen)doab88814 035 $a(OCoLC)1229529924 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010460784 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$eVolume Two: Studies in the Rise of the Territorial State /$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 $a1 online resource (v. ) 311 08$a1-4214-3075-4 311 08$a1-4214-2993-4 320 $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 1968. In the pluralistic society of the medieval commune, informal and personal ties of obligation bound men together. In trecentro Florence this "gentle" communal structure gradually evolved into the stricter, more centralized organization characteristic of the modern state. A growing emphasis on law and order transformed the medieval commune of the early fourteenth century into the Renaissance territorial state of the latter half of the century. Professor Becker's subject is this metamorphosis. Following his study of the declining communal paideia in Volume One, the author examines in this second volume the growing vigor of public world, as well as the attendant depersonalization and repression. He is concerned primarily with two factors that he considers the major forces producing the Renaissance territorial state and encouraging the growth of imperial government and constitutionalism: the intrusion of new citizens (novi cives) into politics after 1343 and the skyrocketing of communal debt. Thus, the author disputes Burckhardt's idea of the state as a work of art, viewing it instead as a creation of socioeconomic mobility and deficit financing. Further, in examining art and literature as symptoms of developing public culture and reactions to it, Professor Becker interprets them as indications of increased public involvement of the Florentine citizens, thus providing a sharp refutation of Burkhardt's egoistic, violent Renaissance man. The author concludes his study with a detailed description of the territorial state itself, pointing out the new relationship between citizen and polis which emerged in the early fifteenth century. These two volumes provide a compelling and challenging interpretation of a crucial period in Western history. 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 $a9910524691403321 996 $aFlorence in transition$9590023 997 $aUNINA