Siena and the Sienese in the Thirteenth Century

This 1991 book portrays the life and institutions of a great medieval Italian city, Siena, through the surviving records and buildings of the period.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Chronology of principal political events and developments; 1. Setting; 2. People; 3. Institutions; 4. Oligarchy; 5. Problems; 6. Religion; 7. Assumptions; 8. Revenue; 9. Expenditure; 10. Continuity and change; Indexes.

Summary

This 1991 book portrays the life and institutions of a great medieval Italian city, Siena. Laws, council minutes, records of the commune's revenue and expenditure, wills and other charters from the thirteenth century are among the plentiful material which makes up the picture of the city republic's institutions and those who ran them.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Philip Waley
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.01.2012
• EAN: 9780521403122
• ISBN: 978-0-521-40312-2
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 250 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 610 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories