Contrary Commonwealth: The Theme of Exile in Medieval and Renaissance Italy

Starn, Randolph

ISBN 10: 0520046153 / ISBN 13: 9780520046153

Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 1982

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xix, 207 pp, list of b&w illustration and maps, preface, I. Premises and Vestiges; II. Facts of Exclusion and Exile in Medieval Italy; III. Dante and His Judges: Rules of Exclusion in the Early Fourteenth Century; IV. Facts and Rules of Inclusion: Exiles in the World of Renaissance States; V. The Voices of Exile in Medieval and Renaissance Italy; epilogue, notes, index. First Edition, 1982. "Drawing on a wide range of sources, this book traces the hitherto unritten history of a 'contrary commonwealth' of exile frome its open and collective resistance during the Middle Ages to its submission to Renaissance regimes that were forerunners of the modern state." from the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Size: 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Contrary Commonwealth: The Theme of Exile in Medieval and Renaissance Italy
• Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley, CA
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520046153
• ISBN 13: 9780520046153
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • HISTORY

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Hardcover with some minor edgewear to the jacket, otherwise in very good condition. CM