Medieval Lucca and the evolution of the Renaissance state / M.E. Bratchel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bratchel, M. E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns, Medieval--Italy--Tuscany.

Cities and towns, Medieval.

City-states--Italy--Tuscany--History--To 1500.

City-states.

Lucca (Italy)--History.

Lucca (Italy).

Lucca (Italy)--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 249 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A scholarly study covering the history of both the city and the region of Lucca, from classical antiquity to the end of the 15th century.

Contents:

Lucca's ancient heritage : the early structures of city and territory

The early commune and the conquest of the Contado

The administration of a medieval city-territory : twelfth to fourteenth centuries

The fourteenth century : the Lucchese state from the loss of independence to the recovery of liberty

The signoria of Paolo Guinigi and the evolution of the fifteenth-century Lucchese state

Lucca and its territories in the fifteenth century : politics and administration

Lucca and its territories in the fifteenth century : economy and society.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-228) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-156228-9

9786611825751

1-281-82575-1

OCLC:

922953606