Political Conflict in the Italian City States

Martines, Lauro

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“…At times, one group or more groups seeking power or to retain power used force and violence to terrorize and intimidate opponents. Partisan mobs raging through the streets, the deaths of supporters and attacks on property were often parts of organized campaigns to control political power (Day 1988, 135 -137;Martines 1967Martines -1968. Some of the violence was clearly intended to intimidate or coerce followers of other families or to cow supporters of the popular faction or the opposing nobility (Brucker 1962, 206).…”

Section: Pre-renaissance Italian City Statesmentioning

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Globalization, risk-taking and violence: too much too soon in the late Roman Republic and pre-Renaissance Italian cities

Lutz

2015

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

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Past research has found that globalization and political violence have been linked in both modern and less modern times. Normally, groups that have been disadvantaged or displaced by globalization are seen as responsible for these outbreaks of violence. In the case of the Late Republic of Rome and medieval Italy before the Renaissance, violence was actually prompted by major increases in wealth among those who benefited when control of the political system became much more valuable. The increased value raised the stakes of political control and underlay the resulting higher levels of violence.

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Section: Pre-renaissance Italian City Statesmentioning

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Globalization, risk-taking and violence: too much too soon in the late Roman Republic and pre-Renaissance Italian cities

Lutz

2015

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

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“…Medieval northern Italy was formed by independent city-states ruled by local elites during the high and late middle ages. Conflicts among elites over control of a city were common and involved the use of violence, see Martines (1968). According to Hughes (1975, p. 7), medieval…”

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In the Name of the Father: Inheritance Systems and the Dynamics of State Capacity

Fernández

2019

Macroecon. Dynam.

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This paper examines how the degree of gender-egalitarianism embedded in inheritance rules impacts state capacity at its early stages during medieval times. We present a theoretical model in which building state capacity enables nobles to raise taxes and overcome rivals. The model addresses the use of inheritance to consolidate landholding dynasties, also accommodating interstate marriages between landed heirs. On the one hand, dynastic continuity—of utmost importance to medieval lords—directly encourages state-building. Male-biased inheritance rules historically maximize the likelihood of dynastic continuity. We weigh this effect against the indirect impact of the more frequent land-merging marriages under gender-egalitarian rules. Contrary to the literature, our results suggest that gender-egalitarian norms—offering a low probability of dynastic continuity—promote state capacity in the short run more than gender-biased norms. In the long run, results are reversed, providing a rationale for the pervasive European tradition of preference for men as heirs.

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Political Conflict in the Italian City States

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Globalization, risk-taking and violence: too much too soon in the late Roman Republic and pre-Renaissance Italian cities

Globalization, risk-taking and violence: too much too soon in the late Roman Republic and pre-Renaissance Italian cities

In the Name of the Father: Inheritance Systems and the Dynamics of State Capacity

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