Charity and State in Late Renaissance Italy : : The Monte di Pieta of Florence / / 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.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019] ©1993 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Table of 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