The origins of the State in Italy, 1300-1600 - Kirshner, Julius; American Council of Learned Societies (Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996)
The state is "back in" / Julius Kirshner -- Legitimacy, discipline, and institutions : three necessary conditions for the birth of the mode rn state / Pierangelo Schiera -- The "private", the "public", the state / Giorgio Chittolini -- Law and jurists in the formation of the modern state in Italy / Aldo Mazzacane -- Center and Periphery / Elena Fasano Guarini -- The state and public finance : a hypothesis based on the hi story of late medieval Florence / Anthony Molho -- The courts / Trevor Dean -- Church, religion, and state in the early modern period / Robert o Bizzocchi -- The Italian League and the policy of the balance of powe r at the accession of Lorenzo de 'Medici.
"The essays in this volume originally appeared in The Journal of mod ern history, 67 supp. (December 1995)"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Italy -- History -- 1268-1492.; Italy -- History -- 1492-1559.; Italy -- History -- 16th century