15. Back to the Future: Remaking the Commune in Ducal Modena

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Maps and Figures vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. About the Contributors xi
6. Preface xv
7. Part I. Florence, Italy, and the Renaissance
8. Introduction 1
9. 1. Florence Redux 5
10. 2. In and Out of Florence 13
11. Part II. City and Countryside
12. Introduction 29
13. 3. The Other Florence Within Florence 33
14. 4. A World of Its Own: Economy, Society, and Religious Life in the Tuscan Mugello at the Time of Dante 45
15. 5. The Country Parish at Late Medieval Lucca 59
16. 6. “Do Not Say That This Is a Man from Assisi” 72
17. Part III. Law and Society
18. Introduction 81
19. 7. Concubines, Lovers, Prostitutes: Infamy and Female Identity in Medieval Bologna 85
20. 8. Lost Faith: A Roman Prosecutor Reflects on Notaries’ Crimes 101
21. Part IV. Urban and Religious Identities
22. Introduction 115
23. 9. Pilgrim-Tourism in Late Medieval Venice 119
24. 10. The Hermit Returns: Sanctity and the City in the March of Ancona 133
25. 11. In the Shop of the Lord: Bernardino of Siena and Popular Devotion 147
26. 12. “Angels of Peace”: The Social Drama of the Jesuit Mission in Early Modern Southern Italy 160
27. Part V. Topographies of Power
28. Introduction 177
29. 13. Topographies of Power in the Urban Centers of Medieval Italy: Communes, Bishops, and Public Authority 181
30. 14. In Search of the Quiet City: Civic Identity and Papal State Building in Fourteenth-Century Orvieto 190
31. 15. Back to the Future: Remaking the Commune in Ducal Modena 205
32. 16. The Spanish Foundations of Late Renaissance and Baroque Rome 219
33. Afterword. Where Is Beyond Florence? 233
34. Notes 243
35. Bibliography 283
36. Index 315