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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Menning, Carol Bresnahan,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501737206; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501737206
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Carol Bresnahan Menning.

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.