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Informationen zum Autor Lauro Martines is a professor emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviation I. Introduction: Program and Problems II. Social Place in Florence: Assumptions and Realities Wealth Public Life Family: The Significance of a Tradition MarriageIdeal and Reality III. The Fortunes of the Florentine Humanists The Question in Scholarship Source ProblemsColuccio Salutati Robert de’ Rossi Cino RinucciniNiccolò NiccoliLionardo BruniPoggio BraccioliniCarlo Marsuppini Giannozzo Manetti Matteo Palmieri Leon Battista Alberti IV. Public Office in the Humanist Circle Introductory NoteColuccio Salutati and His SonsRoberto de’ Rossi and Niccolò NiccoliLionardo Bruni Giannozzo ManettiMatteo Palmieri V. Humanist Marriage: A Study of Five Families The Castellani The Buondelmonti The TebalducciThe Corsini The Serragli VI. The Florentine Attitude Towards the Humanist Introductory NoteThe Testimony of the Public FuneralThe Official View Analyzed“The Honor of Florence” VII. The Relation Between Humanism and Florentine Society: An Essay NoteA Retrospective Summary The Social Basis of Humanism: Appendix I The Genesis of Civic Humanism The Decline of Civic Humanism Appendix I. Forty-Five Profiles of Men Connected with Florentine Humanism Introductory Note The Profiles Appendix II. Eight Tables on Wealth in Florence Bibliography Index...
