Reason and Experience in Renaissance Italy

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-108-95813-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 370 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 494 g

Political life in Renaissance Italy was held together by political principles which underlay, or were used to justify, political proposals and decisions in practice. This wide-ranging comparative survey examines these political principles, as expressed in sources such as council debates, preambles to legislation and official correspondence, in the mid-fifteenth to the mid-sixteenth century Italy. Focusing especially on the five republics - Florence, Venice, Genoa, Siena and Lucca - the book also considers princes and signori, and the principles underlying relations between states, particularly relations between major and minor powers. Many of the ideas articulated by those confronting practical political problems ranged beyond the questions dealt with in formal treatises of political thought and philosophy. Drawing on extensive archival research, Christine Shaw explores the relationship between 'reason and experience' in the conduct of political affairs in Renaissance Italy, and the gap between theory and practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shaw, Christine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Reason and Experience; 1. Union, faction and political participation; 2. Sharing in office, sharing in power; 3. Supreme authority and executive power; 4. Public finances and private interests; 5. A well-ordered republic; 6. The legitimacy of princely rule; 7. Libertà and the community of Italian powers; 8. Practice and theory; Conclusion: Republics and Signorie.

Über Autor(innen)

Shaw, Christine
Christine Shaw has published extensively on the political society of Renaissance Italy, including Barons and Castellans: The Military Nobility of Renaissance Italy (2015), Popular Government and Oligarchy in Renaissance Italy (2006) and The Politics of Exile in Renaissance Italy (2000).