Sleepwalking into a new world : the emergence of Italian city communes in the twelfth century /

Amid the disintegration of the Kingdom of Italy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, a new form of collective government-the commune-arose in the cities of northern and central Italy. Sleepwalking into a New World takes a bold new look at how these autonomous city-states came about, and fundamenta...

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Main Author: Wickham, Chris, 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Series:Lawrence Stone lectures.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Maps
  • Acknowledgements
  • A Note On Personal Names
  • Chapter 1 COMMUNES
  • Chapter 2 MILAN
  • Chapter 3 PISA
  • Chapter 4 ROME
  • Chapter 5 ITALY
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.