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Zusatztext "Wickham has a deep knowledge of the previous literature in the topic and an awareness of how this is linked to debates with broad ideological implications, such as the origins of Renaissance and of Republican forms of government and values." ---Michele Campopiano, Catholic Historical Review Informationen zum Autor Chris Wickham is professor emeritus of medieval history at the University of Oxford. Klappentext Amid the disintegration of the Kingdom of Italy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, a new form of collective government-- the commune--arose in the cities of northern and central Italy. Sleepwalking into a New World takes a bold new look at how these autonomous city-states came about and fundamentally alters our understanding of one of the most important political and cultural innovations of the medieval world. Sleepwalking into a New World reveals how the development of the autonomous city-state took place, which would in the end make possible the robust civic culture of the Renaissance. Zusammenfassung Amid the disintegration of the Kingdom of Italy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, a new form of collective government--the commune--arose in the cities of northern and central Italy. Sleepwalking into a New World takes a bold new look at how these autonomous city-states came about, and fundamentally alters our understanding of one of the most List of Maps vii Acknowledgements ix A Note on Personal Names xi Chapter 1 COMMUNES 1 Chapter 2 MILAN 21 Chapter 3 PISA 67 Chapter 4 ROME 119 Chapter 5 ITALY 161 Notes 207 Bibliography 253 Index 283
