Community and Clientele in Twelfth-Century Tuscany

The Origins of the Rural Commune in the Plain of Lucca
Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-19-820704-7
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 546 g

This book addresses a gap in Italian historiography by examining rural rather than city communes. In recent years, historians have increasingly focused on local and regional studies of village communities as a way of understanding medieval European history. This discussion of a group of villages around Lucca is the first detailed study of the origin of organized village communities in Italy for over seventy years, showing how the social and political structures of the countryside ran alongside those of the city. Chris Wickham analyses how local politics took recognizable shape as its ruling structures gradually emerged over time. His argument does not end there, and indeed extends beyond Italy, to France and Spain, providing sustained comparisons of rural development and social organization. The result is a rare combination of systematic local analysis and wide synthesis, aimed at illuminating the whole area of social transformation in twelfth-century Europe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wickham, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Agrarsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- List of Maps

- 1: Introduction

- 2: Lucca and the Sei Miglia in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries

- 3: Rural Settlement, Village Identity, and the Parish in the Lucca Plain

- 4: Signoria and Commune in Moriano in the Twelfth Century: Institutions

- 5: Signoria and Commune in Moriano in the Twelfth Century: People

- 6: Rural Landowners and Rural Communes on the Eastern Plain

- 7: Rural Communes in the Lucca Plain in the Twelfth Century

- 8: Comparative Perspectives

- Appendix 1. Sources and Abbreviations

- Appendix 2. Main Archival Sources

- Guide to Use of Archival Sources

- Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Chris Wickham is the Editor of Past & Present.