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Rural Communities in Renaissance Tuscany: Religious Identities and Local Loyalties
Contributor(s): Hewlett, Cecilia (Author)

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 ISBN: 2503523374     ISBN-13: 9782503523378
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
OUR PRICE: $66.50  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Language: Italian
Published: June 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - Renaissance
- History | Europe - Italy
Dewey: 945.506
LCCN: 2009455539
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" L (1.20 lbs) 234 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Italy
Features: Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2009 pg. 35
 
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At the conclusion of the fifteenth century and well into the first half of the sixteenth, Florence underwent radical political and social transformations. The republic, which had nurtured the cultural phenomenon of the Renaissance, was finally overthrown and the Medici returned triumphant as outright rulers of the once-free commune. Throughout this period, the administration of the Florentine territory continued to be one of the single most important issues faced by successive Florentine governments, and yet very little is known about the people they governed. Accounting for over two-thirds of the total population, the inhabitants of small rural communities played a significant part in the shaping of this territory. This study explores the nature of these communities and the relationships they forged with the central authorities; it provides an overview of the extraordinary diversity of rural communes, and looks in detail at three areas of the Florentine territory. The communes of Gangalandi, Scarperia, and the communities located in the Pistoian mountains provide the vivid contexts in which the fluid natures of local religious, social, and political ties are examined. The character of each of these rural communities was unique, challenging not only the Florentine government's mechanisms of control, but our own understanding of the 'peasant' as a social category. Hewlett demonstrates that these communes were not simplistic social organizations, but rather vibrant communities of individuals who pursued a vast range of different activities within a series of complex cultural networks. Rural Communities in Renaissance Tuscany also addresses the importance of religion to these communities; an exciting addition to a field that has been until now dominated by the study of urban religious practice.
 
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