Mediaeval Orvieto : The Political History of an Italian City-State 1157–1334

Omtale

This 1952 study of the medieval Italian city of Orvieto details the growth and survival of the city in a time of great development and political upheaval. Waley charts the city's territorial disputes with the Papacy, the machinations of its various elites and the eventual downfall of its democracy in the face of conquest.