The urban everyman
Subtitle: the birth, life, and death of the medieval commune of Prato in Tuscany
By: Alick M. McLean.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780300137149
Subjects: City planning -- Italy -- Prato; Sociology, Urban -- Italy -- Prato; Cities and towns, Medieval -- Italy -- Prato; Prato (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc; Prato (Italy) -- Social conditions; Prato (Italy) -- Economic conditions; Prato (Italy) -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The urban and political representation of the Pratese; title: Prato before Prato: polycentric settlements, monuments, and social order; title: Prato unified and independent: centralized urban expression; title: The architectural and urban expression of autonomy by the propositura in the twelfth century; title: The expression of secular authority by the early communal regime; title: The expression and defense of religious authority by the early communal regime; title: The destruction of the Plaza Comunis and the shift of civic patronage from the propositura to the friars; title: The new Piazza del Comune and the return of civic patronage to the Pieve di Santo Stefano and its piazza; title: The significance of the Virgin, her belt, and its setting in Prato; title: Epilogue; title: Glossary; title: Notes; title: Bibliography.