'The Politics of Law in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy' features original contributions by international scholars on the fortieth anniversary of the publication of Lauro Martines' 'Lawyers and Statecraft in Renaissance Florence', which is recognized as a groundbreaking study challenging traditional approaches to both Florentine and legal history.
Essays by leading historians examine the professional, social, and political functions of Italian jurists from the thirteenth to the late fifteenth centuries. The volume also examines the use of emergency powers, the critical role played by jurists in mediating the rule of law, and the adjudication of political crimes. 'The Politics of Law in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy' provides both an assessment of Martines' pioneering archival scholarship as well as fresh insights into the interplay of law and politics in late medieval and Renaissance Italy.
Author(s): Lawrin Armstrong, Julius Kirshner (eds.)
Series: Toronto Studies in Medieval Law, 1
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 242
Abbreviations vii
Foreword and Acknowledgments ix
The Composition of 'Lawyers and Statecraft' / LAURO MARTINES 3
A Critical Appreciation of Lauro Martines’s 'Lawyers and Statecraft in Renaissance Florence' / JULIUS KIRSHNER 7
'Consilium sapientum': Lawmen and the Italian Popular Communes / SARA MENZINGER 40
From Rule of Law to Emergency Rule in Renaissance Florence / MORITZ ISENMANN
Paolo di Castro as Consultant: Applying and Interpreting Florence’s Statutes / SUSANNE LEPSIUS 77
An 'Oracle of the Law': Tommaso Salvetti and His 'Adnotationes ad statuta florentina' / LORENZO TANZINI 106
Lawyers and Housecraft in Renaissance Florence: The Politics of Private 'Consilia' / THOMAS KUEHN 124
Baldus de Ubaldis on Conspiracy and 'Laesa Maiestas' in Late Trecento Florence / ROBERT FREDONA 141
'Laesa Maiestas' in Renaissance Lucca / OSVALDO CAVALLAR 161
Afterword / LAWRIN ARMSTRONG 184
Contributors 191
Bibliography 195
Index 223
