The origins of the State in Italy, 1300-1600 / edited by Julius Kirshner.

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996.

212 pages ; 23 cm.

"The essays in this volume originally appeared in The Journal of modern history, 67 supp. (December 1995)"--T.p. verso.

The state is "back in" / Julius Kirshner -- Legitimacy, discipline, and institutions : three necessary conditions for the birth of the modern state / Pierangelo Schiera -- The "private", the "public", the state / Giorgio Chittolini -- Law and jurists in the formation of the modern state in Italy / Aldo Mazzacane -- Center and Periphery / Elena Fasano Guarini -- The state and public finance : a hypothesis based on the history of late medieval Florence / Anthony Molho -- The courts / Trevor Dean -- Church, religion, and state in the early modern period / Roberto Bizzocchi -- The Italian League and the policy of the balance of power at the accession of Lorenzo de 'Medici.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2002. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet. This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.