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Book SynopsisA picture of representative humanists of the Quattrocento, based on manuscript material in the Florence state archives. Originally published in 1963. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These edi
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. vii*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. viii*CONTENTS, pg. ix*CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION: PROGRAM AND PROBLEMS, pg. 1*CHAPTER TWO. SOCIAL PLACE IN FLORENCE: ASSUMPTIONS AND REALITIES, pg. 18*CHAPTER THREE. THE FORTUNES OF THE FLORENTINE HUMANISTS, pg. 85*CHAPTER FOUR. PUBLIC OFFICE IN THE HUMANIST CIRCLE, pg. 145*CHAPTER FIVE. HUMANIST MARRIAGES: A STUDY OF FIVE FAMILIES, pg. 199*CHAPTER SIX. THE FLORENTINE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE HUMANIST, pg. 238*CHAPTER SEVEN. THE RELATION BETWEEN HUMANISM AND FLORENTINE SOCIETY: AN ESSAY, pg. 263*APPENDIX I. FORTY-FIVE PROFILES OF MEN CONNECTED WITH FLORENTINE HUMANISM, pg. 303*APPENDIX II. EIGHT TABLES ON WEALTH IN FLORENCE, pg. 351*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 379*INDEX, pg. 399
