Lawyers and Statecraft in Renaissance Florence

by Lauro Martines

Book Overview

Lawyers at work-in diplomacy, in relations with the Church, in territorial government, in the formulation of policy, in administration, and in the political struggle provide the unifying theme in this analysis of the exercise of political power in Renaissance Florence. Professor Martines studies the actual techniques of government, the hidden legal and constitutional questions raised by everyday affairs, and the responses of individual lawyers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691649413
• ISBN13: 9780691649412
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 546 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"