Author: Starn, Randolph
Title: Contrary Commonwealth. The Theme of Exile in Medieval & Renaissance Italy
Description: Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, (1982). orig.cloth. 24x15cm, xix,207,(14)pp. 14pp photoplates. Minor rubbing, VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: Premises & Vestiges: The Landscapes of Exile; A Framework for Facts & Rules; Voices for Exiles; Facts of Exclusion & Exile in Medieval Italy: The External Dimension: International Accomplices from the Outside; Internal Organization: Companies of Exiles; Tactics of Resistance: The Art of Returning Home; Facing the Facts: Henry VII & Exiles; Dante & His Judges: Rules of Exclusion in the Early Fourteenth Century: Powers of Exclusion; The Procedures of January 1302; Personae of Exclusion; Facts & Rules of Inclusion: Exiles in the World of Renaissance States: Enclosure on the Outside; Internal Pacification & the Art of Accepting Exile; Rules for Inclusion; Coda: Crisis & Confirmation After 1494; The Voices of Exile in Medieval & Renaissance Italy: Exiles Without Consolation; Petrarch's Remedies; Renaissance Consolations for Exile; Epilogue: The Senses of Ending at Montalcino.

Keywords: Renaissance Literature, Medieval Italy, Literary History, Exiles, Political Refugees, Exile, Criticism, Exclusion,