Logic of Political Conflict in Medieval Cities - Italy and the Southern Low Countries, 1370-1440

Zusatztext impressive Informationen zum Autor Patrick Lantschner works and teaches on Europe and the Islamic world in the later Middle Ages. Prior to coming to UCL, he was a Junior Research Fellow at Merton College, Oxford, and taught at Cambridge. He has published on medieval cities in Europe and the Islamic world, and is broadly interested in societies in which the state is but one of a number of players. He takes a keen interest in comparative and transnational history, and has worked with scholars from anthropology, law, and oriental studies. Klappentext Traces the logic of urban political conflict in late medieval Europe's most heavily urbanized regions, Italy and the Southern Low Countries, revealing how conflict in these regions gave rise to a distinct form of political organization Zusammenfassung Traces the logic of urban political conflict in late medieval Europe's most heavily urbanized regions, Italy and the Southern Low Countries, revealing how conflict in these regions gave rise to a distinct form of political organization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: Conflict in a Polycentric Political Order 1: Legitimating Political Conflict 2: Modes of Conflict 3: Action Groups Part II: Urban Systems of Conflict 4: Systems of Conflict: An Overview 5: Bologna and Liège: Volatile Systems of Conflict 6: Florence and Tournai: Constitutional Systems of Conflict 7: Lille and Verona: Contained Systems of Conflict Conclusion Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Lantschner, Patrick (Lecturer Lantschner, Lantschner Patrick
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.04.2015
• EAN: 9780198734635
• ISBN: 978-0-19-873463-5
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: Oxford Historical Monographs; Oxford Historical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Italy, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government