The Florentine magnates : lineage and faction in a medieval commune / Carol Lansing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lansing, Carol, 1951- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nobility--Political activity--Italy--Florence--History--To 1500.

Nobility.

Guilds--Political activity--Italy--Florence--History--To 1500.

Guilds.

Florence (Italy)--Social conditions.

Florence (Italy).

Florence (Italy)--Politics and government--To 1421.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1991]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In the 1290s a new guild-based Florentine government placed a group of noble families under severe legal restraints, on the grounds that they were both the most powerful and the most violent and disruptive element in the city. In this colorful portrayal of civic life in medieval Florence, Carol Lansing explores the patrilineal structure and function of these urban families, known as "magnates." She shows how they emerged as a class defined not by specific economic interests but by a distinctive culture. During the earlier period of weaker civic institutions, these families built their power by sharing among themselves crucial resources--forts, political alliances, ecclesiastical rights. Lansing examines this activity as well as the responses patrilineal strategies drew from women, who were excluded from inheritance and full lineage membership. In looking at the elements of this culture, which emphasized private military force, knighthood, and faction, Lansing argues that the magnates' tendency toward violence derived from a patrician youth culture and from the instability inherent in the exaggerated use of patrilineal ties. In describing the political changes of the 1290s, she shows how some families eventually dropped the most stringent aspects of patrilineage and exerted their influence through institutions and patronage networks.Originally published in 1991.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ONE. Introduction: The Medieval Florentine Nobles

PART ONE: THE LINEAGE

TWO. The Formation of Urban Lineages

THREE. Joint Lineage Property: An Overview

FOUR. Ecclesiastical Rights as Joint Property

FIVE. Joint Property: Towers and Palaces

PART TWO: THE EXCLUSION OF WOMEN

SIX. Disaffection from the Lineage: Umiliana dei Cerchi and the Cathars

SEVEN. Women Within the Lineage

PART THREE: THE MAGNATES

EIGHT. Knighthood and Courtly Style

NINE. Violence and Faction

TEN. The Popolo and the Ordinances of Justice

ELEVEN. The Debate Over True Nobility

TWELVE. The Magnates in the Early Fourteenth Century

APPENDIX I. List of the Magnates

APPENDIX II. A Note on Coinage

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-258) and index.

ISBN:

9781400862344

1400862345

OCLC:

884012995