{"product_id":"the-virtues-of-economy-governance-power-and-piety-in-late-medieval-rome-9781501742378","title":"The Virtues of Economy: Governance, Power, and Piety in Late Medieval Rome","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James A. Palmer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Medieval\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe humanist perception of fourteenth-century Rome as a slumbering ruin awaiting the Renaissance and the return of papal power has cast a long shadow on the historiography of the city.\u003c\/b\u003e Challenging this view, James A. Palmer argues that Roman political culture underwent dramatic changes in the late Middle Ages, with profound and lasting implications for city's subsequent development. \u003ci\u003eThe Virtues of Economy\u003c\/i\u003e examines the transformation of Rome's governing elites as a result of changes in the city's economic, political, and spiritual landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePalmer explores this shift through the history of Roman political society, its identity as an urban commune, and its once-and-future role as the spiritual capital of Latin Christendom. Tracing the contours of everyday Roman politics, \u003ci\u003eThe Virtues of Economy\u003c\/i\u003e reframes the reestablishment of papal sovereignty in Rome as the product of synergy between papal ambitions and local political culture. More broadly, Palmer emphasizes Rome's distinct role in evolution of medieval Italy's city-communes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46456363712663,"sku":"9781501742378","price":7179.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781501742378.webp?v=1769178322","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-virtues-of-economy-governance-power-and-piety-in-late-medieval-rome-9781501742378","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}