Comparing Two Italies
Subtitle: Civic tradition, trade networks, family relationships between Italy of Communes and the Kingdom of Sicily
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Published: Apr 23, 2020
Language: eng; fre
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9782503569765
Description: This book's title recalls David Abulafia's famous book 'The two Italies', Cambridge 1977, about the origins of the so-called unequal exchange and dual economy between northern and southern Italy. This argument is supposed to be the ground of the so-called Southern Question (questione meridionale), one of the foremost topics of Italian history. But trade isn't the only major theme apt to compare the Italy of communes and the Kingdom of Sicily. This collection of essays aims to enlarge interpretative paths not only about trade networks, but about lesser-known sides of interrelations, e. g. the rise of civic tradition, the spread of Mendicant Orders, the circulation of wealth because of family relationships, women, marriage and patrimonial assets.
Notes: Source title: Comparing Two Italies: Civic tradition, trade networks, family relationships between Italy of Communes and the Kingdom of Sicily (Mediterranean Nexus 1100-1700) (English, French and Italian Edition)