This essay aims to contribute to the reopening of the debate on the emergence of new forms of political and social resistance as a historical turning point that occurred roughly between 950 and 1030. It begins by recalling the closing pages of Bloch’s Société féodale, devoted to the no-tion of a ‘right of resistance’, and reconstructs its historiographical background. In light of the renewed framework of feudalism studies following the publication of Susan Reynolds’ Feud and Vassals, the essay then proposes to apply Bloch’s insight to the role of the milites in the society of the Regnum italicum from the mid-10th century to the first decades of the 11th, highlighting the role of horizontal ties.
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Titolo del capitolo
“Something with which we still desire to live”. Forms of resistance and royal power in the Regnum italicum between the 10th and 11th centuries
Autori
Giuseppe Albertoni
Lingua
Inglese
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1076-8.08
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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
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Numero di pagine
560
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 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