Ebook: Absolutism in Renaissance Milan plenitude of power under the Visconti and the Sforza, 1329-1535
Author: Black Jane
- Tags: Geschichte 1329-1535, Authoritarianism, Italy, Milan, History To 1500, Authoritarianism--Italy--Milan--History--To 1500, Duchies, Duchies--Italy--History--To 1500, Herrschaft, Law, Law--Italy--Milan--History--To 1500, Milan (Italy)--History--To 1535, Milan (Italy)--Politics and government, Milan (Italy)--Social conditions, Power (Social sciences), Power (Social sciences)--Italy--Milan--History--To 1500, Renaissance, Renaissance--Italy--Milan, Sforza family, Visconti family, Mailand, Milan (Italy) -- History -- T
- Year: 2010
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- City: Mailand;Oxford
- Language: English
- epub
Jane Black shows how authority above the law, once the preserve of pope and emperor, was seized, exploited, and eventually relinquished, by the ruling Milanese dynasties. Lawyers supported the free use of absolute power at first, but both sides realised that society could not function unless property and other rights were respected.