Conflict in a polycentric political order. Legitimating political conflict ; Modes of conflict ; Action groups -- Urban systems of conflict. Systems of conflict : an overview ; Bologna and Liège : volatile systems of conflict ; Florence and Tournai : constitutional systems of conflict ; Lille and Verona : contained systems of conflict
Summary
This title traces the logic of urban political conflict in late medieval Europe's most heavily urbanised regions, Italy and the Southern Low Countries, revealing how conflict in these regions gave rise to a distinct form of political organisation