Description
Book SynopsisFirst 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.
Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Abbreviation I. Introduction: Program and Problems II. Social Place in Florence: Assumptions and Realities * Wealth * Public Life * Family: The Significance of a Tradition * Marriage* Ideal and Reality III. The Fortunes of the Florentine Humanists * The Question in Scholarship * Source Problems* Coluccio Salutati * Robert de' Rossi * Cino Rinuccini* Niccol Niccoli* Lionardo Bruni* Poggio Bracciolini* Carlo Marsuppini * Giannozzo Manetti * Matteo Palmieri * Leon Battista Alberti IV. Public Office in the Humanist Circle * Introductory Note* Coluccio Salutati and His Sons* Roberto de' Rossi and Niccol Niccoli* Lionardo Bruni * Giannozzo Manetti* Matteo Palmieri V. Humanist Marriage: A Study of Five Families * The Castellani * The Buondelmonti * The Tebalducci* The Corsini * The Serragli VI. The Florentine Attitude Towards the Humanist * Introductory Note* The Testimony of the Public Funeral* The Official View Analyzed*"The Honor of Florence" VII. The Relation Between Humanism and Florentine Society: An Essay * Note* A 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
