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Title Society and individual in Renaissance Florence / edited by William J. Connell.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]
©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 453 pages)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "Be rather loved than feared": class relations in Quattrocento Florence / F.W. Kent -- Giannozzo and his elders: Alberti's critique of Renaissance patriarchy / John M. Najemy -- Li emergenti bisogni matrimoniali in Renaissance Florence / Julius Kirshner -- Michele del Giogante's house of memory / Dale Kent -- Inheritance and identity in early Renaissance Florence: the estate of Paliano di Falco / Thomas Kuehn -- Perceived insults and their consequences: Acciaiuoli, Neroni, and Medici relationships in the 1460's / Margery A. Ganz -- The war of the eight saints in Florentine memory and oblivion / David S. Peterson -- Naming a nun: spiritual exemplars and corporate identity in Florentine convents, 1450-1530 / Sharon T. Strocchia -- The prophet as physician of souls: Savonarola's manual for confessors / Donald Weinstein -- Raging against priests in Italian Renaissance verse / Lauro Martines -- Liturgy for nonliturgists: a glimpse at San Lorenzo / William M. Bowsky -- The Florentine criminal underworld: the underside of the Renaissance / John K. Brackett -- Lay male identity in the institutions of a Tuscan provincial town / James R. Banker -- Insiders and outsiders: the changing boundaries of exile / Alison Brown -- The identity of the expatriate: Florentines in Venice in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries / Paula Clarke -- Clement VII and the crisis of the sack of Rome / Paul Flemer.
Summary Renaissance Florence has often been described as the birthplace of modern individualism, as reflected in the individual genius of its great artists, scholars, and statesmen. The 16 essays in this volume explore fresh approaches to the social world of Florentines during this fascinating era.
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Subject Florence (Italy) -- Civilization.
Renaissance -- Italy -- Florence.
Renaissance.
Italy -- Florence.
HISTORY.
HISTORY -- Renaissance.
Civilization.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Connell, William J.
Other Form: Print version: Society and individual in Renaissance Florence Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002. 0520232542 (alk. paper) (DLC) 2001006436
ISBN 9780520928220 ebook
0520928229
0520232542 alkaline paper
0585441138 (electronic book)
9780585441139 (electronic book)
9780520232549 (alkaline paper)
0520232542
1597349046
9781597349048
1283277042
9781283277044