| Description | | - International team of leading historians provide a thematic view of Italy at a time when it was the most dynamic region of western Europe.
- Looks at Italy in its entirety, providing a more rounded view of Italy in this period, and avoiding the bias towards the north of Italy found in other studies.
- Chapters on the cities and communes, rural life, the Sicilian monarchy, the papacy, the signori, trade and navigation, the family, material life, language and culture, and the role of Sardinia, provide a broad-ranging introduction to Italy in this period, unparalleled in its thematic sweep.
- Chapter on the minority Jewish, Greek, and Muslim cultures explores a vital but often ignored aspect of Italy in this period.
| The eleventh to the early fourteenth centuries saw a great transformation in the political, cultural and economic life of the Italian peninsula, marked by the rise of the autonomous city-states in the north and centre, the expansion of international trade, and the creation of a wealthy southern kingdom which reached the peak of its power in this period, before fragmenting in two in the late
thirteenth century. It was also the period in which the various dialects that we now call the Italian language came into being, and in which Tuscan in particular became the vehicle for impressive literary innovation.
Presenting a rounded view of Italy at a time when it was the most dynamic region in western Europe, this book looks at Italy in its entirety, rather than concentrating largely
on the north, as previous studies have done. It also includes expert coverage of topics such as the family and the Jewish, Greek, and Muslim minority communities, in addition to its coverage of developments in the cities, rural life, trade, the monarchy, papal Italy, and language and culture.
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Readership: Undergraduates on History or Italian degrees taking options in Italy or in the Middle Ages. Also the general reader interested in Italian history of this period.
| Contents |
Introduction
,
David Abulafia
1.
Cities and Communes
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Eddie Coleman
2.
Law and Monarchy
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Hiroshi Takayama
3.
Papal Italy
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Brenda Bolton
4.
The Signori
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Trevor Dean
5.
Trade and Navigation
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Marco Tangheroni
6.
The Family
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Steven Epstein
7.
Rural Italy
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Duane Osheim
8.
Religious Life
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Daniel Bornstein
9.
Material Life
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Patricia Skinner
10.
Language and Culture
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Alberto Varvaro
11.
The Italian Other: Greeks, Jews, and Muslims
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David Abulafia
12.
Sardinia and Italy
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Marco Tangheroni
Conclusion
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David Abulafia
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| Authors, editors,
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Edited by David Abulafia
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