Lauro Martines

The Social World of the Florentine Humanists, 1390-1460

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1963, this groundbreaking study provides a detailed picture of the social structure of Florence in the Quattrocento. Martines's work influenced a generation of scholars and illuminated a complex and multifaceted world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9781442611825
• ISBN-10: 1442611820
• Artikelnr.: 33936993

Autorenporträt

Lauro Martines is a professor emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviation 
I. Introduction: Program and Problems
II. Social Place in Florence: Assumptions and Realities
1. Wealth 
2. Public Life 
3. Family: The Significance of a Tradition 
4. Marriage
5. Ideal and Reality
III. The Fortunes of the Florentine Humanists
1. The Question in Scholarship 
2. Source Problems
3. Coluccio Salutati 
4. Robert de’ Rossi 
5. Cino Rinuccini
6. Niccolò Niccoli
7. Lionardo Bruni
8. Poggio Bracciolini
9. Carlo Marsuppini 
10. Giannozzo Manetti  
11. Matteo Palmieri  
12. Leon Battista Alberti 
IV. Public Office in the Humanist Circle
1. Introductory Note
2. Coluccio Salutati and His Sons
3. Roberto de’ Rossi and Niccolò Niccoli
4. Lionardo Bruni 
5. Giannozzo Manetti
6. Matteo Palmieri 
V. Humanist Marriage: A Study of Five Families
1. The Castellani 
2. The Buondelmonti
3. The Tebalducci
4. The Corsini 
5. The Serragli
VI. The Florentine Attitude Towards the Humanist 
1. Introductory Note
2. The Testimony of the Public Funeral
3. The Official View Analyzed
4. “The Honor of Florence” 
VII. The Relation Between Humanism and Florentine Society: An Essay
1. Note
2. A Retrospective Summary
3. The Social Basis of Humanism: Appendix I 
4. The Genesis of Civic Humanism 
5. The Decline of Civic Humanism
Appendix I. Forty-Five Profiles of Men Connected with Florentine Humanism
1. Introductory Note 
2. The Profiles
Appendix II. Eight Tables on Wealth in Florence 
Bibliography
Index