Creating the florentine state : peasants and rebellion, 1348-1434 / Samuel K. Cohn, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohn, Samuel Kline, Jr.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peasant uprisings--Italy--Florence Region--History.

Peasant uprisings.

Social conflict--Italy--Florence Region--History.

Social conflict.

Social change--Italy--Florence Region--History.

Social change.

History.

Florence (Italy)--Politics and government--To 1421.

Florence (Italy).

Florence (Italy)--Politics and government--1421-1737.

Italy--Florence Region.

Physical Description:

xiii, 308 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Summary:

A new approach to the political history of the Renaissance, examining the mountainous periphery of the Florentine state.

Contents:

Part I Culture, Demography, and Fiscality

1 Networks of culture and the mountains 13

2 Mountain civilization and fiscality, 1393 55

3 Fiscality and change, 1355-1487 80

Part II Peasant Protest in the Mountains: Three Views

4 Peasant insurrection in the mountains: the chroniclers' view 113

5 Peasant insurrection in the mountains as seen in the criminal records 138

6 Rebellion as seen from the provvisioni 172

Part III Governmental Clemency and the Hinterland

7 Florentine peasant petitions: an institutional perspective 197

8 The reasons for assistance 210

9 What the peasants won 244

Appendix 1 Regression models: wealth, migration, and taxes 273

Appendix 2 Tax coefficients, 1354-1423 276.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-296) and index.

ISBN:

0521663377

OCLC:

40954058