TY - BOOK AU - Martines,Lauro AU - Renaissance Society of America TI - The social world of the Florentine humanists, 1390-1460 /Lauro Martines T2 - Renaissance Society of America reprint texts SN - 9781442696129 AV - DG737 .S635 2015 PY - 2011/// CY - Toronto [Ontario] PB - University of Toronto Press in association with the Renaissance Society of America KW - Humanists KW - Italy KW - Florence KW - Social life and customs KW - Biography KW - Economic conditions KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=948421&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -