The Virtues of Economy : Governance, Power, and Piety in Late Medieval Rome / James A. Palmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmer, James A., Author.

Series:

Cornell scholarship online.

Cornell scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political culture--Italy--Rome--History--To 1500.

Political culture.

Christianity and politics--Italy--Rome--History--To 1500.

Christianity and politics.

Papacy--History--1309-1378.

Papacy.

Papacy--History--1378-1447.

Rome (Italy)--History--476-1420.

Rome (Italy).

Rome (Italy)--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The humanist perception of fourteenth-century Rome as a slumbering ruin awaiting the Renaissance and the return of papal power has cast a long shadow on the historiography of the city. Challenging this view, James A. Palmer argues that Roman political culture underwent dramatic changes in the late Middle Ages, with profound and lasting implications for city's subsequent development. The Virtues of Economy examines the transformation of Rome's governing elites as a result of changes in the city's economic, political, and spiritual landscape.Palmer explores this shift through the history of Roman political society, its identity as an urban commune, and its once-and-future role as the spiritual capital of Latin Christendom. Tracing the contours of everyday Roman politics, The Virtues of Economy reframes the reestablishment of papal sovereignty in Rome as the product of synergy between papal ambitions and local political culture. More broadly, Palmer emphasizes Rome's distinct role in evolution of medieval Italy's city-communes.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

A Note about Currency

Introduction: Late Medieval Rome, an Elusive Phantom

1. Ruin and Reality

2. Power, Morality, and Political Change in Fourteenth-Century Rome

3. Living and Dying Together: Testamentary Practice in Fourteenth-Century Rome

4. For the Benefit of Souls: Chapels, Virtue, and Justice

5. The Houses of Women: Citizens, Spiritual Economy, and Community

6. Good Governance and the Economy of Violence

Conclusion: To Govern but Not to Rule

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9781501742385

1501742388

OCLC:

1090705850