Some Aspects of Oligarchical, Dictatorial and PopularSignoriein Florence, 1282-1382
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2106407 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marvin B Becker (0000-0002-2965-5508, Case Western Reserve University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1960 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 421-439 |
| Publication date | 1960-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0010417500000840 |
| OpenAlex | W2043944956 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 4 |
This paper attempts to differentiate the forms of political regime that held sway in the city of Florence over the century following the formation of the Florentine constitution in 1282. It aims to establish certain pragmatic criteria for distinguishing between theseSignorie, and to incorporate these into a framework that may be of some value in subsequent comparative study of the politics of the Italian city state in the later Middle Ages. The method employed is inductive. The more conventional deductive approach is rejected because the setting up of definitions at the outset is likely to create the illusion that political forms existed in a pure state. Dictatorship, oligarchy and popular government did not exist in the form of 'ideal types' but rather were characterized by frequent changes of form and function. During periods of challenge and struggle their true nature became more clearly discernible than in eras of relative quiescence and this fact in part explains the conflicting interpretations that have arisen
Constitution · Democracy · Dictatorship · Economics · Epistemology · Function (biology) · Ideal (ethics) · Oligarchy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · State (computer science) · Value (mathematics) · Law · Mathematics · Medieval and Early Modern Justice · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1965 - 2023 (59) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |