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The Florentine Magnates: Lineage and Faction in a Medieval Commune
By (Author) Carol Lansing
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
23rd September 2014
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
305.522094551
Paperback
282
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
397g
In the 1290s a new guild-based Florentine government placed a group of noble families under severe legal restraints, on the grounds that they were both the most powerful and the most violent and disruptive element in the city. In this colorful portrayal of civic life in medieval Florence, Carol Lansing explores the patrilineal structure and functio