The Logic of Political Conflict in Medieval Cities
Italy and the Southern Low Countries, 1370-1440
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 26 March 2015
- ISBN 9780198734635
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages290 pages
- Size 222x147x22 mm
- Weight 472 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 4 maps 0
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Short description:
Traces the logic of urban political conflict in late medieval Europe's most heavily urbanized regions, Italy and the Southern Low Countries, revealing how conflict in these regions gave rise to a distinct form of political organization.
MoreLong description:
This volume traces the logic of urban political conflict in late medieval Europe's most heavily urbanized regions, Italy and the Southern Low Countries. The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries are often associated with the increasing consolidation of states, but at the same time they also saw high levels of political conflict and revolt in cities that themselves were a lasting heritage of this period. In often radically different ways, conflict constituted a crucial part of political life in the six cities studied for this book: Bologna, Florence, and Verona, as well as Li?ge, Lille, and Tournai. The Logic of Political Conflict in Medieval Cities argues that such conflicts, rather than subverting ordinary political life, were essential features of the political systems that developed in cities. Conflicts were embedded in a polycentric political order characterized by multiple political units and bases of organization, ranging from guilds to external agencies.
In this multi-faceted and shifting context, late medieval city dwellers developed particular strategies of legitimating conflict, diverse modes of behaviour, and various forms of association through which conflict could be addressed. At the same time, different configurations of these political units gave rise to specific systems of conflict which varied from city to city. Across all these cities, conflict lay at the basis of a distinct form of political organization-and represents the nodal point around which this political and social history of cities is written.
In this brilliant book, Patrick Lantschner offers new insight into urban revolts in the later Middle Ages ... Lantschner's argument is convincing, not least because of the richness of his book ... We can therefore only hope that Lantschner's analysis will provoke other historians to study the 'earlier' political development of cities in particular and urban history in general from a similar comparative perspective.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part I: Conflict in a Polycentric Political Order
Legitimating Political Conflict
Modes of Conflict
Action Groups
Part II: Urban Systems of Conflict
Systems of Conflict: An Overview
Bologna and Li?ge: Volatile Systems of Conflict
Florence and Tournai: Constitutional Systems of Conflict
Lille and Verona: Contained Systems of Conflict
Conclusion
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