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This Study Of Disputes And Their Settlement In Twelfth-century Tuscany Is More Than Just Legal History. Studded With Colourful Contemporary Narratives, The Book Explores The Mindsets Of Medieval Italians, And Examines The Legal Framework Which Structured Their Society. The Twelfth Century In Italy Is Seen Is A Period Of Major Institutional And Political Changes: The Origin Of The Communes And Of The Norman State In The South. The Author Focuses On Three Cities In Tuscany: Lucca, Pisa, And Florence, And Shows How People In Each Of These Cities Reacted Differently To The Social Changes Of The Period. Throughout Tuscany, People - Including Judges - Paid Much Attention To How Violent Public Acts Could Legitimate Public Claims To Rights, And Were Experts In The Etiquette And Meaning Of Such Acts. Seen Through This Legal-anthropological Analysis, The Social History Of The Period Looks Very Different.--book Jacket. List Of Sample Cases -- Notes On Terminology And Dating -- List Of Abbreviations -- Maps -- Introduction -- Lucca: The Development Of Judicial Procedures -- Lucca: Disputing Strategies -- Pisa: Roman Law In Practice -- Florence: Dispute Settlement Outside The City -- Ecclesiast

Author

Chris Wickham, 1950-

Publisher

Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9786610905430

Subjects

History, Law, Humanities