Matilda and the Cities: Testing a “Figurational” Approach
The relation between Matilda of Tuscany and the cities of the Italian Kingdom has to date often been the subject of short case studies or of overly general considerations, such as the opposition between ‘feudal’ and ‘communal’ power. The article aims to propos...
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| author | Eugenio Riversi |
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| description | The relation between Matilda of Tuscany and the cities of the Italian Kingdom has to date often been the subject of short case studies or of overly general considerations, such as the opposition between ‘feudal’ and ‘communal’ power. The article aims to propose an interpretation of this relationship based on a ‘figurational’ approach, i.e., one that focuses on an entanglement of interdependencies and interactions between multiple actors (prince, bishops, cathedral chapters, urban monasteries, lay groups). This figurational view confirms the complexity of the context of the emergence of city-communes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-953795709e3942deb4cd49b8b97127522023-08-02T04:51:10ZengViella EditriceStoricamente1825-411X2017-07-0113110.12977/stor667Matilda and the Cities: Testing a “Figurational” ApproachEugenio Riversi0University of Bonn, Institut für Geschichtswissenschaft , Abteilung für Mittelalterliche Geschichte, Konviktstraße 11, 53113, Bonn, GermanyThe relation between Matilda of Tuscany and the cities of the Italian Kingdom has to date often been the subject of short case studies or of overly general considerations, such as the opposition between ‘feudal’ and ‘communal’ power. The article aims to propose an interpretation of this relationship based on a ‘figurational’ approach, i.e., one that focuses on an entanglement of interdependencies and interactions between multiple actors (prince, bishops, cathedral chapters, urban monasteries, lay groups). This figurational view confirms the complexity of the context of the emergence of city-communes.http://storicamente.org/riversi-matilde-canossa-cities |
| spellingShingle | Eugenio Riversi Matilda and the Cities: Testing a “Figurational” Approach Storicamente |
| title | Matilda and the Cities: Testing a “Figurational” Approach |
| title_full | Matilda and the Cities: Testing a “Figurational” Approach |
| title_fullStr | Matilda and the Cities: Testing a “Figurational” Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Matilda and the Cities: Testing a “Figurational” Approach |
| title_short | Matilda and the Cities: Testing a “Figurational” Approach |
| title_sort | matilda and the cities testing a figurational approach |
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