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

 - Toronto [Ontario] :  University of Toronto Press in association with the Renaissance Society of America,  (c)2011. Ottawa, Ontario :  Canadian Electronic Library,  (c)2015. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 419 pages). 
 - Renaissance Society of America reprint texts ;  17 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442696129 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Humanists--Social life and customs.--Italy--Florence<br/>Humanists--Italy--Florence--Biography.<br/>Humanists--Economic conditions.--Italy--Florence
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DG737  / .S635 2015