This essay analyzes the destiny of the Italian cities from the 10th to the 12th century. More specifi-cally, it focusses on many aspects, including: the evolution of the urban network; the topography and the structure of the seats of power, the revival of inscriptions as means to convey different kinds of messages, including propaganda, and the impressive growth of the stratification inside the cities, due to many different factors. Many archaeological examples are considered and de-scribed, in order to give the reader a vivid picture of a urban society in constant growth.
Titolo del capitolo
Topographies of power, topographies of memory. Persistence and transformation in the cities of central and northern Italy (10th-12th centuries)
Autori
Lingua
Inglese
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1076-8.22
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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
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
560
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Copyright
© 2026 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
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
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-1078-2
Collana
Reti Medievali E-Book
ISSN della collana
2704-6362
e-ISSN della collana
2704-6079