The Florentine Magnates Lineage and Faction in a Medieval Commune 1st Edition by Carol Lansing ISBN 1400862345 9781400862344

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ISBN 10: 1400862345

ISBN 13: 9781400862344

Author:  Carol Lansing 

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In the 1290s a new guild-based Florentine government placed a group of noble families under severe legal restraints, on the grounds that they were both the most powerful and the most violent and disruptive element in the city. In this colorful portrayal of civic life in medieval Florence, Carol Lansing explores the patrilineal structure and function of these urban families, known as “magnates.” She shows how they emerged as a class defined not by specific economic interests but by a distinctive culture. During the earlier period of weaker civic institutions, these families built their power by sharing among themselves crucial resources—forts, political alliances, ecclesiastical rights. Lansing examines this activity as well as the responses patrilineal strategies drew from women, who were excluded from inheritance and full lineage membership. In looking at the elements of this culture, which emphasized private military force, knighthood, and faction, Lansing argues that the magnates’ tendency toward violence derived from a patrician youth culture and from the instability inherent in the exaggerated use of patrilineal ties. In describing the political changes of the 1290s, she shows how some families eventually dropped the most stringent aspects of patrilineage and exerted their influence through institutions and patronage networks.

Originally published in 1991.

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The Florentine Magnates: Lineage and Faction in a Medieval Commune 1st Edition Table of contents:

ONE: Introduction

• The Medieval Florentine Nobles

PART ONE: THE LINEAGE

• TWO: The Formation of Urban Lineages

• THREE: Joint Lineage Property: An Overview

• FOUR: Ecclesiastical Rights as Joint Property

• FIVE: Joint Property: Towers and Palaces

PART TWO: THE EXCLUSION OF WOMEN

• SIX: Disaffection from the Lineage: Umiliana Dei Cerchi and the Cathars

• SEVEN: Women Within the Lineage

PART THREE: THE MAGNATES

• EIGHT: Knighthood and Courtly Style

• NINE: Violence and Faction

• TEN: The Popolo and the Ordinances of Justice

• ELEVEN: The Debate Over True Nobility

• TWELVE: The Magnates in the Early Fourteenth Century

 

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