The Politics of Law in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy features original contributions by international scholars on the fortieth anniversary of the publication of Lauro Martines' Lawyers and Statecraft in Renaissance Florence, which is recognized as a groundbreaking study challenging traditional
The Politics of Law in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy
β Scribed by Lawrin Armstrong; Julius Kirshner; Lauro Martines
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- Italian
- Leaves
- 241
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Essays by leading historians examine the professional, social, and political functions of Italian jurists from the thirteenth to the late fifteenth centuries.
β¦ Table of Contents
Contents
Abbreviations
Foreword and Acknowledgments
The Composition of Lawyers and Statecraft
A Critical Appreciation of Lauro Martinesβs Lawyers and Statecraft in Renaissance Florence
Consilium sapientum: Lawmen and the Italian Popular Communes
From Rule of Law to Emergency Rule in Renaissance Florence
Paolo di Castro as Consultant: Applying and Interpreting Florenceβs Statutes
An βOracle of the Lawβ: Tommaso Salvetti and His Adnotationes ad statuta florentina
Lawyers and Housecraft in Renaissance Florence: The Politics of Private Consilia
Baldus de Ubaldis on Conspiracy and Laesa Maiestas in Late Trecento Florence
Laesa maiestas in Renaissance Lucca
Afterword
Contributors
Bibliography
Index
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