I. An Approach

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. Abbreviations xii
5. I. An Approach 1
6. The Profession
7. II. The Guild 11
8. III. Backgrounds and Foregrounds 62
9. Government and Statecraft
10. IV. Legal Aspects of Sovereignty and Magistracy in Florence 119
11. V. Problems of Internal Government 130
12. VI. Aspects of Territorial Government 220
13. VII. Florentine Relations with the Church 246
14. VIII. Problems of Diplomacy 311
15. The State
16. IX. The Florentine State 387
17. X. Lawyers Look at the State 405
18. XI. Florence and Milan: Toward the Modern State? 456
19. Appendix 479
20. Index 511