Virtues of Economy

James A. Palmer is Assistant Professor of History at Florida State University. Follow him on X @Jamespqr77.

• AcknowledgmentsA Note about CurrencyIntroduction: Late Medieval Rome, an Elusive PhantomPart One: Rome in the Late Middle Ages1. Ruin and Reality2. Power, Morality, and Political Change in Fourteenth- Century RomePart Two: Performances of Virtue3. Living and Dying Together: Testamentary Practice in Fourteenth-Century Rome4. For the Benefit of Souls: Chapels, Virtue, and JusticePart Three: Roman Political Society and the Question of Audience5. The Houses of Women: Citizens, Spiritual Economy, and Community6. Good Governance and the Economy of ViolenceConclusion: To Govern but Not to RuleBibliographyIndex

Palmer tells the political story of how the papacy eventually asserted its mastery of Rome, and he understands governance and power.(SPECULUM) This book is a welcome addition to the history of late medieval Rome, which plunged us into the world of the nascent elite surrounding what will become "the papal prince."(H-Italy)