The Towns of Italy in the Later Middle Ages

The towns of Italy in the later middle ages presents over one hundred fascinating documents, carefully selected and coordinated from the richest, most innovative and most documented society of the European Middle Ages. No other English language sourcebook has the same geographical or chronological range. This collection is carefully structured around the crisis of the fourteenth century and arranged in contrasting groups of texts. By connecting documents in translation to recent scholarship and debates, it addresses five key areas of medieval urban history: the physical environment, civic religion, economy, society and politics. Offers students well-translated and effectively contextualised documents along with some guidance to the secondary work of Italian scholars which is largely inaccessible to undergraduate students.

Author: Rosemary Horrox
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 05/25/2000
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.48w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780719052040

About the Author

Trevor Dean is Professor of Medieval History at Roehampton Institute, London