Northern and central Italian cities went through substantial political changes in the century af-ter 1050, above all with the development of city communes. Also, some cities in the region were beginning already to develop commercially, particularly the ports of Genoa and Pisa, and one or two cities in the Po plain, particularly Piacenza and Milan. This article argues that these two developments were largely unrelated, using the case studies of Genoa and Piacenza. If they are related anywhere, Piacenza is the most likely city, given its close links to Genoa (and to an extent Pisa) and the considerable precocity of the development of its institutions.
Titolo del capitolo
Economic changes and political changes in the cities of northern and central Italy, 1050-1150
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Lingua
Inglese
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1076-8.25
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
In Search of the High Middle Ages. Change and Continuity in 11th–12th-century Italy
Curatori
Alberto Cotza, Giuseppe Petralia
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
560
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Copyright
© 2026 Author(s)
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Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1076-8
ISBN Print
979-12-215-1075-1
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-1076-8
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979-12-215-1078-2
Collana
Reti Medievali E-Book
ISSN della collana
2704-6362
e-ISSN della collana
2704-6079