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Auteur(s) : Scott, Tom (1947-....)
Titre(s) : The city-state in Europe, 1000-1600 [Texte imprimé] : hinterland, territory, region / Tom Scott
Publication : Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012
Description matérielle : xi, 382 p., [4] p. of plates : maps (some col.) ; 24 cm
Comprend : Introduction ; Europe in AD 1000 ; The rise of the communes, 1000-1150 ; Cities
and their adversaries, 1150-1300 ; City-states at the crossroads, 1300-1450 : the
south ; City-states at the crossroads, 1300-1450 : the north ; Survival and transformation,
1450-1600 ; Conclusion.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-359) and index
"No detailed comparison of the city-state in medieval Europe has been undertaken over
the last century. Research has concentrated on the role of city-states and their republican
polities as harbingers of the modern state, or else on their artistic and cultural
achievements, above all in Italy. Much less attention has been devoted to the cities'
territorial expansion: why, how, and with what consequences cities in the urban belt,
stretching from central and northern Italy over the Alps to Switzerland, Germany,
and the Low Countries, succeeded (or failed) in constructing sovereign polities, with
or without dependent territories. Tom Scott goes beyond the customary focus on the
leading Italian city-states to include, for the first time, detailed coverage of the
Swiss city-states and the imperial cities of Germany. He criticizes current typologies
of the city-state in Europe advanced by political and social scientists to suggest
that the city-state was not a spent force in early modern Europe, but rather survived
by transformation and adaption. He puts forward instead a typology which embraces
both time and space by arguing for a regional framework for analysis which does not
treat city-states in isolation, but within a wider geopolitical setting."--Dust jacket
Sujet(s) : Cités-États -- Europe -- Moyen âge
Cités-États -- Europe -- 16e siècle
Villes médiévales -- Europe -- Histoire
Villes de la Renaissance -- Europe -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199274604. - ISBN 0199274606 (hardback)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42714435w
Notice n° :
FRBNF42714435
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