The city-state in Europe, 1000-1600 : hinterland, territory, region / Tom Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, Tom, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City-states--Europe--History--To 1500.

City-states.

City-states--Europe--History--16th century.

Cities and towns, Medieval--Europe--History.

Cities and towns, Medieval.

Europe--History--476-1492.

Europe.

Europe--History--1492-1648.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (395 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed comparison of the city-state in medieval Europe has been undertaken over the last century. Research has concentrated on the role of city-states and their republican polities as harbingers of the modern state, or else on their artistic and cultural achievements, above all in Italy. Much less attention has been devoted to the cities' territorial expansion: why, how, and with what consequences cities in the urban belt, stretching from central and northern Italy over theAlps to Switzerland, Germany, and the low countries, succeeded (or failed) in constructing sovereign polities, with o

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Note on Usage; Introduction; 1. Europe in AD 1000; I. Urban revival; II. The communal tradition; III. The Mediterranean cities; IV. The age of church reform; 2. The rise of the communes, 1000-1150; I. The early Italian communes; II. Diocese and county; III. Territorial expansion; IV. Cities and rural lords; V. Communal instability; 3. Cities and their adversaries, 1150-1300; I. Empire and papacy; II. The Lombard leagues; III. Podestà and popolo; IV. The foundation of new towns; V. The emancipation of serfs; VI. The rise of the signoria

VII. Cities and leagues in northern Europe4. City-states at the crossroads, 1300-1450: the south; I. Consolidation and realignment in Italy; II. Lombardy and Liguria; III. Venice: 'Stato di Mar' and terraferma; IV. Emilia-Romagna and central Italy; V. Tuscany; 5. City-states at the crossroads, 1300-1450: the north; I. The patterns of domination; II. The southern Low Countries; III. The Hanseatic and north German cities; IV. Cities and towns in southern Germany; V. The Swiss Confederation; 6. Survival and transformation, 1450-1600; I. The patterns of change; II. Survival by attraction

III. Survival by accommodationIV. Survival by adaption; V. Survival by default; Conclusion; I. North and south compared; II. Typologies of the city-state; III. Cities and their regions; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Mar. 5, 2012).

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ISBN:

0-19-967539-2

9786613624307

1-280-59447-0

0-19-162436-5

OCLC:

782918149