City-States in Classical Antiquity and Medieval Italy

Title......Page 1
Contents......Page 3
Acknowledgements......Page 7
Editors\' Preface......Page 9
Introductory Remarks: Max Weber\'s \"The City\" Revisited (Wilfried Nippel)......Page 19
PART I: Consciousness and Representation......Page 31
Reflections of the Greek City on Unity and Division (Nicole Loraux)......Page 33
Rome: The History of an Anachronism (Timothy J. Cornell)......Page 53
The City and the \"New\" Saints (Chiara Frugoni)......Page 71
City and Citizen: Changing Perceptions in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries (Alison Brown)......Page 93
Commentary (Carmine Ampolo)......Page 113
Commentary (Giovanni Ciappelli)......Page 121
PART II: Citizens and the Political Classes......Page 132
Norms of Citizenship in Ancient Greece (David Whitehead)......Page 133
The Legal Definition of Citizenship in the Late Middle Ages (Diego Quaglioni)......Page 153
Who Rules? Power and Participation in Athens and Rome (Walter Eder)......Page 167
The Rulers of Florence, 1282-1530 (David Herlihy)......Page 195
From Social to Political Representation in Renaissance Florence (Riccardo Fubini)......Page 221
Commentary (Christiane Klapisch-Zuber)......Page 239
PART III: Politics and Conflict......Page 246
The Exercise of Power in the Roman Republic (Erich S. Gruen)......Page 247
The Dialogue of Power in Florentine Politics (John M. Najemy)......Page 265
A Typology of Social Conflict in Greek Poleis (Thomas J. Figueira)......Page 285
Social Structure and Conflict in the Medieval City (Giorgio Cracco)......Page 305
Commentary (Harry W. Pleket)......Page 327
Commentary (Ronald F. Weissman)......Page 341
PART IV: Urban and Architectural Forms......Page 348
The City of Athens: Space, Symbol, Structure (Tonio Hölscher)......Page 349
Urban Development in Ancient Rome and the Impact of Empire (L. Richardson Jr.)......Page 375
Civic Urbanism in Medieval Florence (Franek Sznura)......Page 397
Urbanism in Medieval Venice (Juergen Schulz)......Page 413
Commentary (Edmond Frezouls)......Page 441
Commentary (James Ackerman)......Page 447
PART V: Symbols and Rituals\r......Page 451
Symbols and Rituals in Classical Athens (Adalberto Giovannini)......Page 453
From Violence to Blessing: Symbols and Rituals in Ancient Rome (Keith Hopkins)......Page 473
Symbols and Rituals in Florence (Franco Cardini)......Page 493
The Self-Definition of the Venetian Republic (Patricia Fortini Brown)......Page 505
Commentary (Glen W. Bowersock)......Page 543
Commentary (Marino Berengo)......Page 549
PART VI: Territory, External Relations and Empire......Page 556
City-State, Territory, and Empire in Classical Antiquity (Kurt A. Raaflaub)......Page 557
The Italian City-State and Its Territory (Giorgio Chittolini)......Page 581
Diplomacy in the Italian City-State (James S. Grubb)......Page 595
Commentary (Hartmut Galsterer)......Page 611
Commentary (Anthony Molho)......Page 619
Concluding Reflections (Guido Clemente)......Page 633
Index......Page 641