City and Community in Norman Italy

Informationen zum Autor Paul Oldfield is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Manchester Klappentext This study of urban society in twelfth-century Norman Italy challenges traditional views that the Normans stifled urban development. Zusammenfassung This study of urban society in twelfth-century Italy challenges traditional views that the Normans stifled urban development. Examining the self-governing role of urban communities! their social ordering! identities and communal activities! this book reveals that south Italian urban communities still had a level of autonomy under the Norman monarchy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Urban Government and Communal Independence: 1. Before 1085: the arrival of the Normans; 2. The fragmentation of power (1085-1127); 3. Civil war and unification (1127-39); 4. The Norman kingdom of Sicily (1139-89); 5. From the Normans to the Staufen (1189-1220); Part II. Urban Society: Community, Identity and Wealth: 6. Populations, cultural identity and citizenship; 7. The community; 8. The Church, bishop and civic identity; 9. The urban economy; Conclusion; Appendix; Map of southern Italy; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Oldfield, Paul (Manchester Metropolitan University Oldfield, Oldfield Paul
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.08.2011
• EAN: 9781107403079
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40307-9
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series; Cambridge Studies in Medieval
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Italy, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Urban communities, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval