Screen LibraryThe virtues of economy : governance, power, and piety in late medieval Rome /
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Cornell University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Ithaca, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 243 pages ; maps 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-236) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781501742378 150174237X |
| Index Number: | DG811 |
| CLC: | K546.32 |
| Call Number: | K546.32/P174 |
| Contents: | Introduction : late medieval Rome, an elusive phantom -- Ruin and reality -- Power, morality, and political change in fourteenth-century Rome -- Living and dying together : testamentary practice in fourteenth-century Rome -- For the benefit of souls : chapels, virtue, and justice -- The houses of women : citizens, spiritual economy, and community -- Good governance and the economy of violence -- Conclusion : to govern but not to rule. |