The Virtues of Economy : Governance, Power, and Piety in Late Medieval Rome.

The Virtues of Economy -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note about Currency -- Introduction: Late Medieval Rome, an Elusive Phantom -- Part One: Rome in the Late Middle Ages -- 1. Ruin and Reality -- 2. Power, Morality, and Political Change in Fourteenth-Century Rome -- Part Two: Performances of Virtue -- 3. Living and Dying Together: Testamentary Practice in Fourteenth-Century Rome -- 4. For the Benefit of Souls: Chapels, Virtue, and Justice -- Part Three: Roman Political Society and the Question of Audience -- 5. The Houses of Women: Citizens, Spiritual Economy, and Community -- 6. Good Governance and the Economy of Violence -- Conclusion: To Govern but Not to Rule -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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