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The Communes of Lombardy from the VI. to the X. Century / An Investigation of the Causes Which Led to the Development of Municipal Unity Among the Lombard Communes.

By William Klapp Williams
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The study traces how the Lombard conquest of northern Italy led to durable rural and urban institutions, arguing that invading warriors settled as landholders, retained military character, redistributed land to soldiers, used existing cultivators as tributary tenants paying a share of produce, and thereby initiated social arrangements that evolved into feudal milites and dukes. It analyzes effects on existing towns and the slow, often unrecorded emergence of municipal unity, notes the scarcity and bias of sources, and reconstructs municipal offices, fiscal arrangements centered on the royal curtis and its officers, and legal references in codes to explain the gradual growth of communal autonomy.

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William Klapp Williams

William Klapp Williams was a scholar known for his historical investigations into the development of municipal unity in medieval Italy. His notable work, "The Communes of Lombardy from the VI. to the X. Century," explores the socio-political factors that contributed to the rise of communes in Lombardy during a transformative period. Through his research, Williams sheds light on the complexities of governance and community organization in the context of the Lombard region, offering insights into the historical evolution of civic identity and autonomy.

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