Charity and State in Late Renaissance Italy : the Monte di Pieta of Florence /
Drawing on extensive archival evidence, Carol Bresnahan Menning examines the remarkable evolution of the Florentine monte from a small charitable pawnshop to a flourishing savings organization and a powerful instrument of patronage and state finance.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Język: | angielski |
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Ithaca, NY :
Cornell University Press
[2019]
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| Dostęp online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctvv413s7 |
Spis treści:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- FONDI CONSULTED (AND ABBREVIATIONS)
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. THE EARLY MONTI DI PIETA AND THE ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH A MONTE IN FLORENCE
- 2. THE CREATION AND OPERATION OF THE MONTE DI PIETA OF FLORENCE
- 3. DEBTORS AND CREDITORS, 1496-1499
- 4. GROWTH AND CRISIS, 1500-1530
- 5. REVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION, 1530-1569
- 6. PATRONAGE, LOANS, AND THE EXERCISE OF DUCAL CONTROL
- 7. FRAUD AND THEFT IN THE MONTE DI PIETA DURING THE REIGN OF COSIMO
- 8. FROM FLORENCE TO SIENA AND BEYOND: THE MEDICI AND THE MONTE DI PIETA
- 9. CONCLUSIONS
- APPENDIX A. TABLES
- APPENDIX B.A NOTE ON FLORENTINE MONEY
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX