The origins of the state in Italy, 1300-1600.
Series: Journal of modern history -- v.67.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: Renaissance -- Italy.; Italy -- Politics and government -- 1268-1559.
Notes: Issued as a supplement to the Journal of Modern History, v. 67, December, 1995.

"The eight essays published in this issue were originally delivered at a bilingual conference on the origins of the state in late medieval and early modern Italy held in April 1993 at the University of Chicago". -- p. ii.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Introduction : the state is "back in", Julius Kirshner; value: Legitimacy, discipline, and institutions : three necessary conditions for the birth of the modern state, Pierangelo Schiera; value: The "private", the "public", the state, Giorgio Chittolini; value: Law and jurists in the formation of the modern state in Italy, Aldo Mazzacane; value: Center and periphery, Elena Fasano Guarini; value: The state and public finance : a hypothesis based on the history of late Medieval Florence, Anthony Molho; value: The courts, Trevor Dean; value: Church, religion, and state in the early modern period, Roberto Bizzocchi; value: The Italian League and the policy of the balance of power at the accession of Lorenzo de Medici, Riccardo Fubini.