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A History Of Pisa
Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries
By William Heywood
With a Map and Sixteen Pictures
Published at the University Press, Cambridge, 1921, First Edition. Hardback, 8vo, cloth, pp x, 292. With a Map and Sixteen Pictures
A good copy - ex-library but with just two small ink stamps, one to the reverse side of the title page and one to the last page, also a library bookplate to inside front board. Boards good with no library markings. ages very clean throughout. Overall good. A scarce title in any condition.
William Heywood (1857–1919) experiencd a variety of jobs, including working as a lawyer, a cowboy and a newspaper editor, before retiring to Siena in Italy in 1894 and becoming a specialist in medieval Italian history. His unorthodox background is shown in his holistic interpretation of the growth of Pisa in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, in contrast to the treatment of historical material by contemporary historians. Heywood examines the politics, society and religion of Pisa to chart the growth of the city from a small port at the end of the Roman period to a powerful city-state by the end of the twelfth century. He is also the first historian to recognise the importance of maritime power struggles between other city-states as an integral part of Pisa's rise to power. This volume provides a valuable addition to the study of the historiography of medieval Italy.
Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries
By William Heywood
With a Map and Sixteen Pictures
Published at the University Press, Cambridge, 1921, First Edition. Hardback, 8vo, cloth, pp x, 292. With a Map and Sixteen Pictures
A good copy - ex-library but with just two small ink stamps, one to the reverse side of the title page and one to the last page, also a library bookplate to inside front board. Boards good with no library markings. ages very clean throughout. Overall good. A scarce title in any condition.
William Heywood (1857–1919) experiencd a variety of jobs, including working as a lawyer, a cowboy and a newspaper editor, before retiring to Siena in Italy in 1894 and becoming a specialist in medieval Italian history. His unorthodox background is shown in his holistic interpretation of the growth of Pisa in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, in contrast to the treatment of historical material by contemporary historians. Heywood examines the politics, society and religion of Pisa to chart the growth of the city from a small port at the end of the Roman period to a powerful city-state by the end of the twelfth century. He is also the first historian to recognise the importance of maritime power struggles between other city-states as an integral part of Pisa's rise to power. This volume provides a valuable addition to the study of the historiography of medieval Italy.
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