Community and Clientele in Twelfth-Century Tuscany
The Origins of the Rural Commune in the Plain of Lucca
ISBN13: 9780198207047ISBN10: 0198207042
Hardback,
294 pages
Oct 1998,
In Stock
Price:
$175.00 (06)Description
This book investigates a gap in Italian historiography by examining rural rather than city communes. Wickham's discussion of a group of villages around Lucca is the first detailed study of the origin of organized village communities in Italy to appear in over 70 years. It shows how the 12th-century social and political structures of the countryside ran alongside those of the city.Reviews
"Wickham...offers an acute discussion of previous scholarship on the subject and an extensive and updated bibliography."--Choice
