Charity and State in Late Renaissance Italy : The Monte di Pieta of Florence / Carol Bresnahan Menning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Menning, Carol Bresnahan, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medici, House of.

Monte di pietà (Florence, Italy)--History.

Monte di pietà (Florence, Italy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Drawing on extensive archival evidence, Carol Bresnahan Menning examines the remarkable evolution of the Florentine monte from a small charitable pawnshop to a flourishing savings organization and a powerful instrument of patronage and state finance.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FONDI CONSULTED (AND ABBREVIATIONS)

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

1. THE EARLY MONTI DI PIETA AND THE ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH A MONTE IN FLORENCE

2. THE CREATION AND OPERATION OF THE MONTE DI PIETA OF FLORENCE

3. DEBTORS AND CREDITORS, 1496-1499

4. GROWTH AND CRISIS, 1500-1530

5. REVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION, 1530-1569

6. PATRONAGE, LOANS, AND THE EXERCISE OF DUCAL CONTROL

7. FRAUD AND THEFT IN THE MONTE DI PIETA DURING THE REIGN OF COSIMO

8. FROM FLORENCE TO SIENA AND BEYOND: THE MEDICI AND THE MONTE DI PIETA

9. CONCLUSIONS

APPENDIX A. TABLES

APPENDIX B. A NOTE ON FLORENTINE MONEY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781501737206

1501737201

OCLC:

1129174944