Citizenship and historiography: some methodological reflections

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  • Pietro Costa Università di Firenze

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i6.63

Keywords:

citizenship, democracy

Abstract

What does “making history of citizenship” mean? There exist so many different methodologies to answer this question that is difficult to provide a general answer. I will try to use a direct way, showing the methodological problems that I have found in my experience researching in this field. Of course my intention is not to make a universal rule from my particular view, but only to expose the general problems that I had to face in my researches.

Submission date: 13/01/2005
Acceptance date: 27/04/2005

Author Biography

Pietro Costa, Università di Firenze

Profesor de Storia del diritto medievale e moderno en la Università di Firenze. Es redactor de la revista «Quaderni Fiorentini». Entre sus obras se encuentran: Iurisdictio. Semantica del potere politico nella pubblicistica medievale, Giuffrè, Milano 1969 (rist. 2002); Il progetto giuridico, Giuffrè, Milano 1974; Lo Stato immaginario, Giuffrè, Milano 1986; Civitas. Storia della cittadinanza in Europa, voll. 1-4, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1999-2001. Ha dirigido, junto con Danilo Zolo, el volumen Lo Stato di diritto. Storia, teoria, critica, Feltrinelli, Milano 2002.

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No. 6 (2005): Historia Constitucional N. 6 (2005)

Section

The historical construction of citizenship

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