Medieval Lucca: And the Evolution of the Renaissance StateAlthough there are many books in English on the city and state of Lucca, this is the first scholarly study to cover the history of the entire region from classical antiquity to the end of the fifteenth century. At one level, it is an archive based study of a highly distinctive political community; at another, it is designed as a contribution to current discussions on power structures, the history of the state, and the differences between city states