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The social world of the Florentine humanists, 1390-1460 /Lauro Martines.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Toronto [Ontario] : University of Toronto Press in association with the Renaissance Society of America, (c)2011.; Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resource (x, 419 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442696129
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DG737 .S635 2015
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
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 -- Niccolo 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 Niccolo 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.
Subject: 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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Includes bibliographies and index.

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 -- Niccolo 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 Niccolo 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.

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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