=================== HES POSTING ===================== In the process of trying to pull together some research which would link the concepts of "free speech" and "free markets" I am very interested in finding some good sources which would, among other things, describe the emergence of merchant-class demands for "freer" communications in the Italian City-States ca. Machiavellia (give or take a few hundred years) in the late 15th Century. Can anyone point me in some fruitful directions? Preferably in English translations, 'cause it's been nearly 40 years since I studied Latin, (and, alas, never any Classical Italian -- a sure sign of a misspent youth 8<). Also (my medieval European history is a bit dated, too) anything that might suggest some ties back to the 13th-14th Century writings of Thomas Aquinas and the later Aquinians. Thank you in advance for any assistance which you may provide. Bill Moore, Department of Economics University of Arkansas, Fayetteville <[log in to unmask]> (501) 575-6105 ============ FOOTER TO EH.RES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info EH.RES" to [log in to unmask] ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]