The Mountains and the City: The Tuscan Appennines in the Early Middle Ages

ISBN-13: 9780198219668 / Angielski / Twarda / 1988 / 464 str.

Chris Wickham

Opis

One of the few anthropological studies of medieval history ever to be written, this book charts the internal social and economic development of two mountain valley societies in Tuscany from the 8th to the 12th century. Linking Garfagnana and Casentino with the emerging world of Italian city states, the author explores society from below, through the activities of the local people, rather than through the interests of their masters.

Recenzje

`Wickham's book serves as a welcome reminder that Milan is too easily taken as a model for all Italy ... By resolutely keeping in view the concerns of those who actually inhabited the region, Wickham has not simply introduced Italian local history to England but has enhanced the subject in the process.' David Abulafia Times Literary Supplement