Society and Individual in Renaissance Florence
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Society and Individual in Renaissance Florence

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Society and Individual in Renaissance Florence

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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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Abbreviations of Archival Sources
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. “Be Rather Loved Than Feared”
  9. 2. Giannozzo and His Elders
  10. 3. Li Emergenti Bisogni Matrimoniali in Renaissance Florence
  11. 4. Michele del Giogante’s House of Memory
  12. 5. Inheritance and Identity in Early Renaissance Florence
  13. 6. Perceived Insults and Their Consequences
  14. 7. The War of the Eight Saints in Florentine Memory and Oblivion
  15. 8. Naming a Nun
  16. 9. The Prophet as Physician of Souls
  17. 10. Raging against Priests in Italian Renaissance Verse
  18. 11. Liturgy for Nonliturgists
  19. 12. The Florentine Criminal Underworld
  20. 13. Lay Male Identity in the Institutions of a Tuscan Provincial Town
  21. 14. Insiders and Outsiders
  22. 15. The Identity of the Expatriate
  23. 16. Clement VII and the Crisis of the Sack of Rome
  24. Contributors
  25. Index