Forged in the shadow of Mars: chivalry and violence in late medieval Florence

"Challenges the current understanding of elite culture in late medieval Florence by arguing that chivalric ideology, traditionally considered by scholars to be foreign to the social and cultural landscape of late medieval Italian cities, played a major role in shaping the mentality and behavior...

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Main Author: Sposato, Peter (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca London Cornell University Press 2022
In:Year: 2022
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
Chivalry > Italy > Florence > History > To 1500
Knights and knighthood > Italy > Florence > History > To 1500
Violence > Italy > Florence > History > To 1500
Social History > Medieval, 500-1500
Civilization, Medieval
Gewalt
Gewalttätigkeit
Soziale Situation
Kulturelle Entwicklung
Florence (Italy) > History > To 1421
Florence (Italy) > Civilization
Firenze > Repubblica
Firenze > Repubblica > Ritter > Geschichte 500-1500
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Summary:"Challenges the current understanding of elite culture in late medieval Florence by arguing that chivalric ideology, traditionally considered by scholars to be foreign to the social and cultural landscape of late medieval Italian cities, played a major role in shaping the mentality and behavior of many Florentine elites, especially members of ancient lineages. This book offers the first examination of chivalric culture and its practitioners, who played an important but understudied role in the transformation of Florence into the dominant territorial state in north-central Italy"--
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis Seite 205-221
Physical Description:xiii, 231 Seiten, Illustrationen
ISBN:9781501761898