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City and Community in Norman Italy (Paperback)
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City and Community in Norman Italy (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
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This pioneering study of urban society in twelfth-century mainland
Norman Italy examines the self-governing role of urban communities
and explores their social ordering, identities and communal
activities. Drawing on charters, chronicles, annals and other
sources, Paul Oldfield uncovers notable continuities in a range of
cities across southern Italy throughout a period of regime change
and disruption. Unlike traditional interpretations which suggest
that the Normans, and the creation of a monarchy in 1130, stifled
urban development, this book suggests that south Italian urban
communities were still able to enjoy a level of autonomy under the
Norman monarchy. By emphasising the fluidity of the social
structures and groups found in these cities, alongside the
influential role of both the Church and civic consciousness, the
author sheds new light on the multi-layered complexity of the urban
communities of Norman Italy and provides a more balanced comparison
with the cities of northern Italy.
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