Society and individual in Renaissance Florence / edited by William J. Connell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Connell, William J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Renaissance--Italy--Florence.

Renaissance.

Florence (Italy)--Civilization.

Florence (Italy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 453 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Renaissance Florence has often been described as the birthplace of modern individualism, as reflected in the individual genius of its great artists, scholars, and statesmen. The historical research of recent decades has instead shown that Florentines during the Renaissance remained enmeshed in relationships of family, neighborhood, guild, patronage, and religion that, from a twenty-first-century perspective, greatly limited the scope of individual thought and action. The sixteen essays in this volume expand the groundbreaking work of Gene Brucker, the historian in recent decades who has been most responsible for the discovery and exploration of these pre-modern qualities of the Florentine Renaissance. Exploring new approaches to the social world of Florentines during this fascinating era, the essays are arranged in three groups. The first deals with the exceptionally resilient and homogenous Florentine merchant elite, the true protagonist of much of Florentine history. The second considers Florentine religion and Florence's turbulent relations with the Church. The last group of essays looks at criminals, expatriates, and other outsiders to Florentine society.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations Of Archival Sources

Introduction

1. "Be Rather Loved Than Feared" Class Relations In Quattrocento Florence

2. Giannozzo And His Elders Alberti's Critique Of Renaissance Patriarchy

3. Li Emergenti Bisogni Matrimoniali In Renaissance Florence

4. Michele Del Giogante'S House Of Memory

5. Inheritance And Identity In Early Renaissance Florence The Estate Of Paliano Di Falco

6. Perceived Insults And Their Consequences Acciaiuoli, Neroni, And Medici Relationships In The 1460's

7. The War Of The Eight Saints In Florentine Memory And Oblivion

8. Naming A Nun Spiritual Exemplars And Corporate Identity In Florentine Convents, 1450 -1530

9. The Prophet As Physician Of Souls Savonarola'S Manual For Confessors

10. Raging Against Priests In Italian Renaissance Verse

11. Liturgy For Nonliturgists A Glimpse At San Lorenzo

12. The Florentine Criminal Underworld The Underside Of The Renaissance

13. Lay Male Identity In The Institutions Of A Tuscan Provincial Town

14. Insiders And Outsiders The Changing Boundaries Of Exile

15. The Identity Of The Expatriate Florentines In Venice In The Late Fourteenth And Early Fifteenth Centuries

16. Clement Vii And The Crisis Of The Sack Of Rome

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786613277046

9781283277044

1283277042

9780520928220

0520928229

9781597349048

1597349046

OCLC:

475928052