EBOOK Absolutism in Renaissance Milan:Plenitude of Power under the Visconti and the Sforza 1329-1535 -

EBOOK Absolutism in Renaissance Milan:Plenitude of Power under the Visconti and the Sforza 1329-1535
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780191609886
EAN: 6ADF004CEB
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Stron: 256
Data wydania: 2009
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Absolutism in Renaissance Milan shows how authority above the law, once the        preserve of pope and emperor, was claimed by the ruling Milanese dynasties, the        Visconti and the Sforza, and why this privilege was finally abandoned by Francesco        II Sforza (d. 1535), the last duke.As new rulers, the Visconti and the Sforza had        had to impose their regime by rewarding supporters at the expense of opponents. That        process required absolute power, also known as 'plenitude of power', meaning the        capacity to overrule even fundamental laws and rights, including titles to property.          The basis for such power reflected the changing status of Milanese rulers, first as        signori and then as dukes.Contemporary lawyers, schooled in the sanctity of        fundamental laws, were at first prepared to overturn established doctrines in        support of the free use of absolute power: even the leading jurist of the day, Baldo        degli Ubaldi (d. 1400), accepted the new teaching. However, lawyers came eventually        to regret the new approach and to reassert the principle that laws could not be set        aside without compelling justification. The Visconti and the Sforza too saw the        dangers of absolute power: aslegitimate princes they were meant to champion law and        justice, not condone arbitrary acts that disregarded basic rights.Jane Black traces        these developments in Milan over the course of two centuries, showing how the        Visconti and Sforza regimes seized, exploited and finally relinquished absolute        power.

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