Prato : architecture, piety, and political identity in a Tuscan city-state /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	McLean, Alick Macdonnel, 1958-
Imprint:	New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
Description:	xiii, 250 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), plans ; 27 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	City planning -- Italy -- Prato. Sociology, Urban -- Italy -- Prato. Cities and towns, Medieval -- Italy -- Prato. Buildings. Cities and towns, Medieval. City planning. Economic history. Social conditions. Sociology, Urban. Prato (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc. Prato (Italy) -- Social conditions. Prato (Italy) -- Economic conditions. Prato (Italy) -- History. Italy -- Prato. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7547633

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ISBN:	9780300137149 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300137141 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Slip with illustration credits inserted. Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-243) and index.

Table of Contents:

The urban and political representation of the Pratese
Prato before Prato : polycentric settlements, monuments, and social order
Prato unified and independent : centralized urban expression
The architectural and urban expression of autonomy by the propositura in the twelfth century
The expression of secular authority by the early communal regime
The expression and defense of religious authority by the early communal regime
The destruction of the Plaza Comunis and the shift of civic patronage from the propositura to the friars
The new Piazza del Comune and the return of civic patronage to the Pieve di Santo Stefano and its piazza
The significance of the Virgin, her belt, and its setting in Prato
Epilogue
Timeline
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

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