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City and Countryside in Siena in the Second Half of the Fourteenth Century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2009

William Caferro
William Caferro
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Adjunct professor of History at Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT 06430–7524
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Abstract

This article reopens the classic debate about the relationship between the city and the countryside in medieval/Renaissance Italy. It examines city-countryside relations in Siena in the second half of the fourteenth century and compares them with what we know of Siena≈s northern neighbor, Florence. It argues that Sienese policy was moderate and even-handed and, despite similar pressures, less harsh than that of the Florentines. The difference is explained by the fact that Siena was economically far less potent and thus ever mindful that its own fate was intrinsically linked with that of the countryside.

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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 54 , Issue 1 , March 1994 , pp. 85 - 103
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Copyright © The Economic History Association 1994

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