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The society of Renaissance Florence : a documentary study

Title
The society of Renaissance Florence : a documentary study / Edited by Gene Brucker.
Publication
Toronto : Published by University of Toronto Press in association with the Renaissance Society of America, [1998], ©1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Brucker, Gene A.
  • Renaissance Society of America.
Description
xvi, 282 pages; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Renaissance Society of America reprint texts ; 8
Uniform Title
Renaissance Society of America reprint texts ; 8.
Subjects
Note
  • Originally published : Harper & Row, 1971.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-276) and index.
Contents
  • Pt. 1. The Economic Structure. I. A Primitive Tax Assessment. II. The Catasto of 1427. III. Economic Fortune and Social Mobility. IV. Attitudes Toward Wealth -- Pt. 2. The Family. I. Marriage. II. Death. III. Property and Inheritance. IV. Family Enmities -- Pt. 3. Collectivities. I. Corporations and Community. II. The Commune. III. The Parte Guelfa. IV. The Guilds -- Pt. 4. Violence and Its Control. I. Patterns of Violence. II. The Vendetta. III. Prepotenza. IV. Authority and its Abuse -- Pt. 5. Crime and Punishment. I. Crimes of Gravity. II. Crimes of Subtlety. III. Prison. IV. Diminished Responsibility: Insanity. V. Mercy and its Rationale -- Pt. 6. Public Mores. I. Sumptuary Legislation. II. Gambling. III. Prostitution. IV. Sodomy. V. The Surveillance of the Convents -- Pt. 7. The Popolo Minuto. I. Tribulations of the Poor. II. Servitude. III. Succor for the Indigent. IV. Voices of the Poor -- Pt. 8. Aberrants and Outgroups.
  • I. The Jews. II. Heretics. III. Sorcerers.
ISBN
0802080790 :
LCCN
cn 97932012
OCLC
ocm37981171
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries