| Contents |
Introduction : late medieval Rome, an elusive phantom -- Ruin and reality -- Power, morality, and political change in fourteenth-century Rome -- Living and dying together : testamentary practice in fourteenth-century Rome -- For the benefit of souls : chapels, virtue, and justice -- The houses of women : citizens, spiritual economy, and community -- Good governance and the economy of violence -- Conclusion : to govern but not to rule. |
| Abstract |
"This book explores the transformation of Roman political culture from c.1350 to c.1450, and its implications for the history of the city, the Papacy, and the modern state. Specifically, it examines the gradual transition of Roman political elites from a commitment to governing Rome as a free city-commune to a willingness to act as the governing agents of a sovereign papacy. It emphasizes that understanding this transition requires recognition of Roman political engagement not merely with a civic society, constituted of citizens of the city-commune, but with the broader political society of Rome in its guise as the spiritual capital of Latin Christendom. Through an analysis of the transformative effects of everyday Roman politics, this book reframes the story of the establishment of papal sovereignty in Rome as the product of synergy between papal ambitions and local political culture"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Palmer, James A. (James Allen), 1977- author. Virtues of economy Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501742378 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019013609 |
| ISBN | 9781501742385 (pdf) |
| ISBN | 9781501742392 (epub/mobi) |
