Abstract
This paper examines J.C.L. Simonde de Sismondi’s approach to the political organization of Renaissance Italy. It starts with a brief review of his evolutionary perspective of history, followed by a characterization of the Italian state-cities and the specification of the axioms of medieval liberty put forward by the Swiss author. It also sketches the main characteristics of the four epochs in Italian history after the fall of Rome, covering the periods of barbarism, of free republics, of the decline in liberty and, finally, of the invasion by foreign powers. The factors behind the rise and fall of liberty in medieval Italy are presented and, in the end, linked to Sismondi’s economic doctrine. Keywords: Renaissance, state-cities, liberty, political systems.
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