City and community in Norman Italy
By: Paul Oldfield.
Series: Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought : fourth series
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780521898041
Subjects: Normans -- Italy, Southern -- History; City and town life -- Italy, Southern -- History -- To 1500; Community life -- Italy, Southern -- History -- To 1500; Cities and towns -- Italy, Southern -- History -- To 1500; Italy, Southern -- History -- 535-1268; Italy, Southern -- Social life and customs; Italy -- Social life and customs -- To 1500; Italy, Southern -- History, Local; Italy, Southern -- Politics and government; Italy -- Politics and government -- 476-1268
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Urban government and communal independence; title: Before 1085 : the arrival of the Normans; title: The fragmentation of power (1085-1127); title: Civil war and unification (1127-1139); title: The Norman kingdom of Sicily (1139-1189); title: From the Normans to the Staufen (1189-1220); title: pt. 2. Urban society : community, identity, and wealth; title: Populations, cultural identity, and citizenship; title: The community; title: The Church, bishop, and civic identity; title: The urban economy; title: Map of southern Italy.