Reason and experience in Renaissance Italy
Political life in Renaissance Italy was held together by political principles which underlay, or were used to justify, political proposals and decisions in practice. This wide-ranging comparative survey examines these political principles, as expressed in sources such as council debates, preambles t...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2022
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Reason and experience
- Union, faction and political participation
- Sharing in office, sharing in power
- Supreme authority and executive power
- Public finances and private interests
- A well-ordered republic
- The legitimacy of princely rule
- Liberta and the community of Italian powers
- Practice and theory
- Conclusion: Republics and Signorie