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City and community in Norman Italy / Paul Oldfield.
Van Pelt Library DG867.2 .O55 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oldfield, Paul (Lecturer in medieval history)
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought. Fourth series ; 72.
- Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought. Fourth series ; 72
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Local history.
- Cities and towns.
- History.
- Community life.
- City and town life.
- Manners and customs.
- Normans.
- Italy, Southern--History--535-1268.
- Italy, Southern.
- Southern Italy.
- Normans--Italy, Southern--History.
- Italy, Southern--Social life and customs.
- Italy--Social life and customs--To 1500.
- Italy.
- City and town life--Italy, Southern--History--To 1500.
- Community life--Italy, Southern--History--To 1500.
- Cities and towns--Italy, Southern--History--To 1500.
- Italy, Southern--History, Local.
- Italy, Southern--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Italy--Politics and government--476-1268.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Contents:
- Part I: Urban government and communal independence
- Before 1085: the arrival of the Normans
- The fragmentation of power (1085-1127)
- Civil war and unification (1127-1139)
- The Norman kingdom of Sicily (1139-1189)
- From the Normans to the Staufen (1189-1220)
- Part II: Urban society: community, identity and wealth
- Populations, cultural identity and citizenship
- The community
- The church, bishop and civic identity
- The urban economy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-287) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521898041
- 0521898048
- OCLC:
- 268793341
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