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In April 1479, for the first time, rural communities in Renaissance Mantua swore a general fidelity oath to their lord, marquis Federico Gonzaga, thus inaugurating a practice that became common in the following decades. In 1479, a general oath was a relatively new practice: its meaning and extent deserve a fine analysis, as well as its origins and antecedents. This volume presents the complete edition of the oath (with a digital reproduction of all the surviving documents), and analyses, interpreters and puts in an Italian perspective the event and its political and documentary meaning.
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