ERC Starting Grant · 2022
Democracies of the Alps. Issues, practices and ideals of politics in mountain communities, 1300-1500
DEMALPS studies late medieval mountain areas as the cradle of radically new political experiences, inspired by original values and practices of self-governance. The focus of the project is on the fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Western Alps, a broad territory (including modern French, Italian and Swiss regions) which saw unprecedented political unrest and experimentation with forms and institutions. This area was marked by numerous efforts at, and more than a few successes in, establishing autonomous collective governments. As a research opportunity, this branch of the Alps is characterised by an unparalleled abundance of exceptional rural sources for investigating this phenomenon: the…
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