The Origins of the State in Italy, 1300-1600 (Studies in European History From the Journal of Modern History)

This text represents some of the foremost in American, British, and Italian scholarship and offers a critical overview of the key problems of the emergence of the state in Europe. Some of the topics covered include the political legitimacy of the aborning regional states, the changing legal culture, the conflict between church and state, the forces shaping public finances, and the creation of the Italian League.