Reason and Experience in Renaissance Italy

A wide ranging survey of the political principles which underlay, or were used to justify, political proposals and decisions in Renaissance Italy.

List of contents

Introduction: Reason and Experience; 1. Union, faction and political participation; 2. Sharing in office, sharing in power; 3. Supreme authority and executive power; 4. Public finances and private interests; 5. A well-ordered republic; 6. The legitimacy of princely rule; 7. Libertà and the community of Italian powers; 8. Practice and theory; Conclusion: Republics and Signorie.

About the author

Christine Shaw has published extensively on the political society of Renaissance Italy, including Barons and Castellans: The Military Nobility of Renaissance Italy (2015), Popular Government and Oligarchy in Renaissance Italy (2006) and The Politics of Exile in Renaissance Italy (2000).

Summary

Political life in Renaissance Italy was held together by principles which underlay, or were used to justify, political proposals and decisions in practice. This wide-ranging comparative survey showcases the variety of political thinking across all five Italian republics, Florence, Venice, Genoa, Siena and Lucca, as well as princes and signori.

Product details

• Authors: Christine Shaw
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781108845373
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84537-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; History of Ideas, HISTORY / Europe / General, Italy, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political structure & processes, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Comparative Politics, Political structure and processes, c 1400 to c 1499 (period of the Italian Renaissance)