Community and Clientele in Twelfth-Century Tuscany: The Origins of the Rural Commune in the Plain of Lucca

by Chris Wickham

This book investigates a gap in Italian historiography by examining rural rather than city communes. Wickham's discussion of a group of villages around Lucca is the first detailed study of the origin of organized village communities in Italy to appear in over 70 years. It shows how the 12th-century social and political structures of the countryside ran alongside those of the city.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198207042
• ISBN13: 9780198207047
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"