Replication Data for: The Diffusion of Urban Medieval Representation: The Dominican Order as an Engine of Regime Change

How do representative institutions diffuse from one polity to another? This article investigates the effect of the Dominican order on the transition from autocratic to representative city government in medieval Europe. I argue that the order’s practices of representation diffused to local lay politics because of the persistent interaction between Dominican monks and urban elites. Using a difference-in-difference design, I offer evidence that the presence of Dominican houses fostered the development of representative city government. My findings highlight the important role that religious institutions can play in the diffusion of political institutions and principles.

代议制度如何在不同政体间实现传播？本文探讨了多明我会（Dominican Order）对中世纪欧洲从专制政体向代议制城市政府转型的影响。本文认为，得益于多明我会修士与城市精英间的持续互动，该修会的代议实践得以扩散至地方世俗政治领域。本文采用双重差分设计（difference-in-difference design），通过实证分析证实，多明我会修院的存在能够有效促进代议制城市政府的发展。本研究结果凸显了宗教制度在政治制度与政治理念传播中可发挥的重要作用。