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Lawyers at work-in diplomacy, in relations with the Church, in territorial government, in the formulation of policy, in administration, and in the political struggle provide the unifying theme in this analysis of the exercise of political power in Renaissance Florence. Professor Martines studies the actual techniques of government, the hidden legal



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*Abbreviations, pg. xii*I. An Approach, pg. 1*II. The Guild, pg. 11*III. Backgrounds and Foregrounds, pg. 62*IV. Legal Aspects of Sovereignty and Magistracy in Florence, pg. 119*V. Problems of Internal Government, pg. 130*VI. Aspects of Territorial Government, pg. 220*VII. Florentine Relations with the Church, pg. 246*VIII. Problems of Diplomacy, pg. 311*IX. The Florentine State, pg. 387*X. Lawyers Look at the State, pg. 405*XI. Florence and Milan: Toward the Modern State?, pg. 456*Appendix, pg. 479*Index, pg. 511

Lawyers and Statecraft in Renaissance Florence

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 08/12/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691622651, 978-0691622651
      ISBN10: 0691622655
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      Book Synopsis

      Lawyers at work-in diplomacy, in relations with the Church, in territorial government, in the formulation of policy, in administration, and in the political struggle provide the unifying theme in this analysis of the exercise of political power in Renaissance Florence. Professor Martines studies the actual techniques of government, the hidden legal



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*Abbreviations, pg. xii*I. An Approach, pg. 1*II. The Guild, pg. 11*III. Backgrounds and Foregrounds, pg. 62*IV. Legal Aspects of Sovereignty and Magistracy in Florence, pg. 119*V. Problems of Internal Government, pg. 130*VI. Aspects of Territorial Government, pg. 220*VII. Florentine Relations with the Church, pg. 246*VIII. Problems of Diplomacy, pg. 311*IX. The Florentine State, pg. 387*X. Lawyers Look at the State, pg. 405*XI. Florence and Milan: Toward the Modern State?, pg. 456*Appendix, pg. 479*Index, pg. 511

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