Dante and the Italian Communes

Table of Contents

Dante and the Italian Communes

  Your institution does not have access to this content. For questions, please ask your librarian.

Abstract

The Middle Ages saw the revival of the ancient institution of the city-state. This revival was most successful in the most economically developed part of Europe—northern Italy, where cities like Florence, Milan, and Venice became major political and cultural centers and the region itself the most urbanized in medieval Europe. The dynamic culture of the city-state shaped the greatest medieval poet, the Florentine Dante Alighieri (ca. 1265–1321).

Book contents