02250nam a22003258a 4500 CR9781107360082 UkCbUP 20170413094210.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 130308s2013||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9781107360082 (ebook) 9781107044265 (hardback) 9781107621299 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda BR874 .C48 2013 322/.109450902 23 Churchmen and Urban Government in Late Medieval Italy, c.1200–c.1450 : Cases and Contexts / Edited by Frances Andrews, With Agata Pincelli. Churchmen & Urban Government in Late Medieval Italy, c.1200–c.1450 Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013. 1 online resource (426 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Why, when so driven by the impetus for autonomy, did the city elites of thirteenth-century Italy turn to men bound to religious orders whose purpose and reach stretched far beyond the boundaries of their often disputed territories? Churchmen and Urban Government in Late Medieval Italy, c.1200–c.1450 brings together a team of international contributors to provide the first comparative response to this pivotal question. Presenting a series of urban cases and contexts, the book explores the secular-religious boundaries of the period and evaluates the role of the clergy in the administration and government of Italy's city-states. With an extensive introduction and epilogue, it exposes for consideration the beginnings of the phenomenon, the varying responses of churchmen, the reasons why practices changed and how politics and religious identity relate to each other. This important new study has significant implications for our understanding of power, negotiation, bureaucracy and religious identity. Andrews, Frances, editor of compilation. Print version: 9781107044265 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107360082 179416 179416