Factional Struggles: Divided Elites in European Cities & Courts (1400-1750) (Rulers & Elites, 10) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004344152 ISBN 13: 9789004344150

Publisher: Brill, 2017

Synopsis

This title is available in Open Access thanks to the support of Université de Genève.

Factional Struggles explores the dynamics of conflicts among ruling elites within cities, dynastic courts, rural areas and regional noble lineages during the early modern period. Building on case studies from France, Italy, the Empire and the Swiss Confederation, the essays collected by Mathieu Caesar in this volume highlight how factions were formed and how they shaped political society from the late Middle Ages. The authors have especially focused on how political and religious ideologies contributed to the formation of partisanship, the role of propaganda, and the significance and strategies of factional leaders. The volume shows how factions, despite the generally negative view of them held by theologians and jurists, were in practice accepted and used as political tools.

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About the Author

Mathieu Caesar is Maître assistant at the Université de Genève (Ph.D. 2009). He has published on Geneva, the duchy of Savoy, and medieval preaching, including Le pouvoir en ville. Gestion urbaine et pratiques politiques à Genève (Brepols, 2011).

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004344152
• ISBN 13: 9789004344150
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 269
• Editor: Caesar Mathieu