Absolutism in Renaissance Milan
Subtitle: plenitude of power under the Visconti and the Sforza, 1329-1535
By: Jane Black.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199565290
Subjects: Visconti family; Sforza family; Renaissance -- Italy -- Milan; Power (Social sciences) -- Italy -- Milan -- History -- To 1500; Authoritarianism -- Italy -- Milan -- History -- To 1500; Law -- Italy -- Milan -- History -- To 1500; Duchies -- Italy -- History -- To 1500; Milan (Italy) -- History -- To 1535; Milan (Italy) -- Politics and government; Milan (Italy) -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Rulers of Milan, 1287-1535; title: Plenitude of power : absolutism in the Middle Ages; title: The early Visconti and the claim to plenitude of power; title: Giangaleazzo's investiture and its legacy; title: Lawyers and the absolute powers of the duke; title: Plenitude of power in practice : preserving justice while infringing rights; title: Lawyers and the repudiation of ducal absolutism; title: The surrender of absolute power in Milan; title: Appendix 1: Certa scientia, non obstante, motu proprio; title: Appendix 2: Plenitude of power and iura reservata.