Venice as the Polity of Mercy: Guilds, Confraternities, and the Social Order, C. 1250-C. 1650
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This study re-examines Venice's political economy from the viewpoint of its ordinary people or popolani who, despite the commonly held view that they were excluded from political life by the nobility or nobili, actually organized and ran for themselves hundreds of corporations within the city-state. Mercy was central to this popolani's Christian values and those who offered mercy to their fellow men and women in temporary hardship...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1442649682
ISBN13:9781442649682
Release Date:January 2019
Publisher:University of Toronto Press
Length:496 Pages
Weight:1.95 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 6.4" x 9.1"
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