The Social World of the Florentine Humanists, 1390-1460 / / Lauro Martines.
Lauro Martines' exhaustive search of manuscript material in the state archives of Florence is the basis for a fascinating portrayal of representative humanists of the period. The Social World of the Florentine Humanists explores the wealth, family tradition, civic prominence, and intellectual a...
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017] ©2011 |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Contents
- I. Introduction: Program and Problems
- II. Social Place in Florence: Assumptions and Realities
- III. The Fortunes of the Florentine Humanists
- IV. Public Office in the Humanist Circle
- V. Humanist Marriages: A Study of Five Families
- VI. The Florentine Attitude Towards the Humanist
- VII. The Relation Between Humanism and Florentine Society: An Essay
- Appendix I. Forty-Five Profiles of Men Connected with Florentine Humanism
- Appendix II. Eight Tables on Wealth in Florence
- Bibliography
- Index