WRITING TO THE PRINCE: SUPPLICATIONS, EQUITY AND ABSOLUTISM IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY TUSCANY

WRITING TO THE PRINCE: SUPPLICATIONS, EQUITY AND ABSOLUTISM IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY TUSCANY

The link between supplications and absolutism, and the broader use of equity as a source of legitimation, is particularly clear in the case of Florence under Duke Cosimo I. Given the tenuous legitimacy of the regime, and Cosimo's need to consolidate his rule against residual republican sentimen...

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Veröffentlicht in:Past & present 2012-05, Vol.215 (215), p.51-83
1. Verfasser: Shaw, James E.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Civil law
Criminal law
Judicial system
Law reform
Legislation
Litigants
Litigation
Mercy
Moral principles
Rule of law
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Zusammenfassung:The link between supplications and absolutism, and the broader use of equity as a source of legitimation, is particularly clear in the case of Florence under Duke Cosimo I. Given the tenuous legitimacy of the regime, and Cosimo's need to consolidate his rule against residual republican sentiment, Florence in the 16th century presents a case study of a new prince with an interventionist approach to justice. (Quotes from original text)
ISSN:0031-2746
1477-464X
DOI:10.1093/pastj/gts005