IMC 2003: Sessions
Session 1512: Subtle Styles: Manipulating the City-State
Thursday 17 July 2003, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | St Joseph's University, Philadelphia |
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Organiser: | Alison Williams Lewin, Department of History, St Joseph's University, Pennsylvania |
Moderator/Chair: | Peter Francis Howard, Department of History, Monash University, Victoria |
Paper 1512-a | The Management of Lucca (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1512-b | Violence, Money and Power: Pandolfo Petrucci's Tyranny of Siena (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1512-c | Do as the Romans Did: Cosimo de Medici and Augustus (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | De facto rulers of Italian city-states possessed many powers. They could dispense patronage, funds, and political offices; they could also intimidate and even physically attack their opponents. Their exercise of power lacked any constitutional authority, as both they and their fellow citizens always remembered. |