The Politics of Law in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy
Published on 19. March 2011
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-4426-4075-7 (ISBN)
Description
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 approaches to both Florentine and legal history. Essays by leading historians examine the professional, social, and political functions of Italian jurists from the thirteenth to the late fifteenth centuries. The volume also examines the use of emergency powers, the critical role played by jurists in mediating the rule of law, and the adjudication of political crimes. The Politics of Law in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy provides both an assessment of Martines' pioneering archival scholarship as well as fresh insights into the interplay of law and politics in late medieval and Renaissance Italy.
Reviews / Votes
'Seldom is a collection of essays as well conceptualized and executed as this one... A valuable work that serves as an excellent introduction to central issues in late medieval and Renaissance Italian political and legal history.' -- Sarah Rubin Blanshei Canadian Journal of History, vol 48: spring-summer 2013More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-4075-7 (9781442640757)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Lawrin Armstrong | Julius Kirshner
The Politics of Law in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy
Politics of Law in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy
E-Book
12/2011
1st Edition
University of Toronto Press
€64.95
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Persons
Lauro Martines is a professor emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles. Lawrin Armstrong is a professor at the Center for Medieval Studies, cross-appointed to the Departments of History and Economics, at the University of Toronto. Julius Kirshner is a professor emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Chicago.
Content
Abbreviations Contributors Foreword and Acknowledgements * The Composition of Lawyers and Statecraft by Lauro Martines (former professor, UCLA) * A Critical Appreciation of Lauro Martines's Lawyers and Statecraft in Renaissance Florence by Julius Kirshner (professor emeritus, University of Chicago) * Consilium sapientum: Lawmen and the Italian Popular Communes by Sara Menzinger (Roma Tre University) * From Rule of Law to Emergency Rule in Renaissance Florence by Moritz Isenmann (University of Cologne) * Paolo di Castro as Consultant: Applying and Interpreting Florence's Statutes by Susanne Lepsius (Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich) * An 'Oracle of the Law': Tommaso Salvetti and His Adnotationes ad statuta florentina by Lorenzo Tanzini (University of Cagliari) * Lawyers and Housecraft in Renaissance Florence: The Politics of Private Consilia by Thomas Kuehn (Clemson University) * Baldus de Ubaldis on Conspiracy and Laesa Maiestas in Late Trecento Florence by Robert Fredona (PhD, Cornell University) * Laesa Maiestas in Renaissance Lucca by Osvaldo Cavallar (Nanzan University) Afterword Manuscripts Cited Published Works