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Item Number: 112626
Title: Garrisoning the Borderlands of Medieval Siena : Sant'Angelo in Colle : Frontier Castle under the Government of the Nine (1287-1355)
Author: Thomas, Anabel
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9781409426035
Description: Aldershot: Ashgate, 2011. 24cm., hardcover, 422pp., 8 color, 33 b&w illus. Contents: Preface; Introduction: Sant'Angelo in Colle, Castello di Frontiera in the southern Sienese contado; Documentary sources and medieval toponyms; Appendix; Part I Topography and Demography: The Territory: Boundaries, demarcations and the politics of land ownership; The Urban Fabric: Walls, gates and waterways; Public institutions, key buildings and private houses: accommodating the statistics and locating the structures. Part II Society and Societal Values: The People: The homeless, the dispossessed, the poor and the mezzadria; Widows, wives, spinsters and daughters: poor relations or women with prospects?; The male elite: Sienese 'outsiders', seven rich locals and two exceptionally wealthy clans?; Civic Awareness: piety, charity and social welfare; Embellishing the fabric; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.
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