Land and Economic Policy in Later Fifteenth-Century Padua

Knapton, Michael (2014) Land and Economic Policy in Later Fifteenth-Century Padua. In: Venice and the Veneto during the Renaissance: the Legacy of Benjamin Kohl. Reti Medievali E-Book (21). Firenze University Press, Firenze, pp. 197-257. ISBN 978-88-6655-663-3

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Abstract

This essay examines the political destiny and function in government of the civic institutions and élites of formerly independent urban polities once they had settled into the new political context of the Italian regional states in the fifteenth century. Research conducted from the 1970s onwards has established the greater weakness of Padua’s municipal institutions and élite in relation to Venice, as compared to the experience of many other cities of the Terraferma dominion. The essay focuses on the profile of issues connected with land in the Paduan civic council’s activity in the later fifteenth century, also seeking to gauge the extent of its autonomy in policy-making and its perception of its role, especially in relation to the action of Venetian authority. The archival material used concerns both the activity of the Paduan council and the more general conduct of government in Venice and Padua.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	Nella sezione: "Government and Society in the Terraferma".
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Middle Ages; 15th century; Padua; Venice; Politics; Economy; Land
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History
Depositing User:	dr Vincenzo De Luise
Date Deposited:	13 Apr 2019 14:15
Last Modified:	04 Oct 2024 04:01
URI:	http://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/5005

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