02250nam a22003258a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002400200050002200224082002300246245014800269246007300417264005200490300005900542336002600601337002600627338003600653500007300689520101500762700004601777776003501823856004701858999001901905CR9781107360082UkCbUP20170413094210.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||130308s2013||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9781107360082 (ebook)  z9781107044265 (hardback)  z9781107621299 (paperback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aBR874 b.C48 201300a322/.10945090222300aChurchmen and Urban Government in Late Medieval Italy, c.1200–c.1450 :bCases and Contexts /cEdited by Frances Andrews, With Agata Pincelli.3 aChurchmen & Urban Government in Late Medieval Italy, c.1200–c.1450 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2013.  a1 online resource (426 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aWhy, 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.1 aAndrews, Frances,eeditor of compilation.08iPrint version: z978110704426540uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107360082  c179416d179416