{"product_id":"the-virtues-of-economy-james-a-palmer-9781501742378","title":"The Virtues of Economy: Governance, Power, and Piety in Late Medieval Rome","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe humanist perception of fourteenth-century Rome as a slumbering ruin awaiting the Renaissance and the return of papal power has cast a long shadow on the historiography of the city. Challenging this view, James A. Palmer argues that Roman political culture underwent dramatic changes in the late Middle Ages, with profound and lasting implications for city's subsequent development. \u003ci\u003eThe Virtues of Economy\u003c\/i\u003e examines the transformation of Rome's governing elites as a result of changes in the city's economic, political, and spiritual landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePalmer explores this shift through the history of Roman political society, its identity as an urban commune, and its once-and-future role as the spiritual capital of Latin Christendom. Tracing the contours of everyday Roman politics, \u003ci\u003eThe Virtues of Economy\u003c\/i\u003e reframes the reestablishment of papal sovereignty in Rome as the product of synergy between papal ambitions and local political culture. More broadly, Palmer emphasizes Rome's distinct role in evolution of medieval Italy's city-communes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James A. Palmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 150174237X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501742378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2020","brand":"James A. Palmer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43979758272767,"sku":"9781501742378","price":56.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_65e30291-dade-47d0-ac96-3f135f389f10.jpg?v=1683246800","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-virtues-of-economy-james-a-palmer-9781501742378","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}