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This paper portrays Italian urbanization trends between the end of the 13th century –when the process was at its highest– and the 14th century, including the period of severe demographic depression caused by the many recurrent epidemics of the plague. It highlights the outstanding differences that existed in urban layout between Northern and Central Italy, on the one hand, and, on the other, the southern part of the Italian Peninsula: differences that were shaped by geographic, economic and political reasons. For the period taken into account the author stresses the crisis of the polycentric model that characterized the economy during the 12th and 13th centuries as well as the leading role played by a few cities (Milan, Venice, Florence, Genoa) that also took advantage of the changes in the political situation between the 14th and the 15th centuries. ; El ensayo traza el marco del urbanismo italiano entre el momento de máxima expansión (finales del siglo XIII) y las primeras décadas del siglo XVI, pasando por la grave depresión demográfica causada por las epidemias de peste. Se ponen de relieve las profundas diferencias en la malla urbana entre el centro-norte de Italia y la parte meridional de la península; diferencias determinadas por factores geográficos, económicos y políticos. Durante el período objeto de examen se subraya la crisis del policentrismo económico típico de los siglos XII y XIII y el papel dominante desempeñado por unas pocas grandes ciudades (Milán, Venecia, Florencia, Génova), que también obtuvieron ventajas de los cambios en el marco político que se produjeron entre los siglos XIV y XV.

The book contains the proceedings of the international conference held in Florence in the spring of 2005. It addresses the subject of the urban and rural revolts of the 14th century, which had recently undergone a period of neglect following the enormous popularity it enjoyed during the 1960s and 70s in the wake of the tormented events of those decades. The sixteen essays comprised in the book, contributed by specialists from five different European countries, develop three different forms of analysis constructed within the timeframe of a broadly-conceived fourteenth century, based on a consolidated and shared chronology, extending from the last decades of the thirteenth up to the early decades of the fifteenth. - Il volume, che raccoglie gli atti del convegno internazionale tenutosi a Firenze nella primavera del 2005, riprende una tematica, quella delle rivolte urbane e rurali del XIV secolo, che aveva conosciuto un certo oblio negli ultimi tempi rispetto alla straordinaria fortuna di cui aveva goduto soprattutto negli anni '60 e '70 del secolo scorso, sulla spinta delle vicende tormentate di quei decenni. I sedici saggi che lo compongono, opera di specialisti di cinque diversi paesi europei, sviluppano tre diverse forme di analisi all'interno di un taglio cronologico che fa riferimento a un Trecento largo, che va dagli ultimi decenni del XIII secolo sino ai primi del XV, secondo una cronologia consolidata e condivisa.

This paper portrays Italian urbanization trends between the end of the 13th century -when the process was at its highest- and the 14th century, including the period of severe demographic depression caused by the many recurrent epidemics of the plague. It highlights the outstanding differences that existed in urban layout between Northern and Central Italy, on the one hand, and, on the other, the southern part of the Italian Peninsula: differences that were shaped by geographic, economic and political reasons. For the period taken into account the author stresses the crisis of the polycentric model that characterized the economy during the 12th and 13th centuries as well as the leading role played by a few cities (Milan, Venice, Florence, Genoa) that also took advantage of the changes in the political situation between the 14th and the 15th centuries. ; El ensayo traza el marco del urbanismo italiano entre el momento de máxima expansión (finales del siglo XIII) y las primeras décadas del siglo XVI, pasando por la grave depresión demográfica causada por las epidemias de peste. Se ponen de relieve las profundas diferencias en la malla urbana entre el centro-norte de Italia y la parte meridional de la península; diferencias determinadas por factores geográficos, económicos y políticos. Durante el período objeto de examen se subraya la crisis del policentrismo económico típico de los siglos Xll y XIII y el papel dominante desempeñado por unas pocas grandes ciudades (Milán, Venecia, Florencia, Génova), que también obtuvieron ventajas de los cambios en el marco político que se produjeron entre los siglos XIV y XV.

For some time historiography has set itself the objective of studying the ways in which European society in the late Middle Ages and the early Modern Age has related to environmental disasters, addressing the perceptions and the reactions, the strategies implemented by the governments, and the repercussions on the religious mentality. In this way it has identified a sphere of investigation that is an authentic multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary workshop, engaging historians of institutions, culture and mentality. At the conference held in San Miniato, Italian and European historians compared notes on this subject, addressing it from different points of view and taking into consideration different environmental contexts (the cities and the rivers, the mountain, the sea, Italy, France, Holland, etc.) and different viewpoints (those of the governments, the lay 'intellectuals', the men of religion, etc.).