Virtues of Economy

Governance, Power, and Piety in Late Medieval Rome

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2019-12-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:907 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:258
Förlag:Cornell University Press
ISBN:9781501742378

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James A. Palmer is Assistant Professor of History at Florida State University. Follow him on X @Jamespqr77.

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Palmer tells the political story of how the papacy eventually asserted its mastery of Rome, and he understands governance and power.(SPECULUM) This book is a welcome addition to the history of late medieval Rome, which plunged us into the world of the nascent elite surrounding what will become "the papal prince."(H-Italy)

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AcknowledgmentsA Note about CurrencyIntroduction: Late Medieval Rome, an Elusive PhantomPart One: Rome in the Late Middle Ages1. Ruin and Reality2. Power, Morality, and Political Change in Fourteenth- Century RomePart Two: Performances of Virtue3. Living and Dying Together: Testamentary Practice in Fourteenth-Century Rome4. For the Benefit of Souls: Chapels, Virtue, and JusticePart Three: Roman Political Society and the Question of Audience5. The Houses of Women: Citizens, Spiritual Economy, and Community6. Good Governance and the Economy of ViolenceConclusion: To Govern but Not to RuleBibliographyIndex