Sleepwalking Into a New World: The Emergence of Italian City Communes in the Twelfth Century

by Chris Wickham

Book Overview

A bold new history of the rise of the medieval Italian commune

Amid the disintegration of the Kingdom of Italy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, a new form of collective government--the commune--arose in the cities of northern and central Italy. Sleepwalking into a New World takes a bold new look at how these autonomous city-states came about, and fundamentally alters our understanding of one of the most important political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691148287
• ISBN13: 9780691148281
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 9.2"