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| Preface | ||
| Pt. 1 | The Economic Structure | 1 |
| I | A Primitive Tax Assessment | |
| II | The Catasto of 1427 | |
| III | Economic Fortune and Social Mobility | |
| IV | Attitudes Toward Wealth | |
| Pt. 2 | The Family | 28 |
| I | Marriage | |
| II | Death | |
| III | Property and Inheritance | |
| IV | Family Enmities | |
| Pt. 3 | Collectivities | 74 |
| I | Corporations and Community | |
| II | The Commune | |
| III | The Parte Guelfa | |
| IV | The Guilds | |
| Pt. 4 | Violence and Its Control | 95 |
| I | Patterns of Violence | |
| II | The Vendetta | |
| III | Prepotenza | |
| IV | Authority and its Abuse | |
| Pt. 5 | Crime and Punishment | 139 |
| I | Crimes of Gravity | |
| II | Crimes of Subtlety | |
| III | Prison | |
| IV | Diminished Responsibility: Insanity | |
| V | Mercy and its Rationale | |
| Pt. 6 | Public Mores | 179 |
| I | Sumptuary Legislation | |
| II | Gambling | |
| III | Prostitution | |
| IV | Sodomy | |
| V | The Surveillance of the Convents | |
| Pt. 7 | The Popolo Minuto | 213 |
| I | Tribulations of the Poor | |
| II | Servitude | |
| III | Succor for the Indigent | |
| IV | Voices of the Poor | |
| Pt. 8 | Aberrants and Outgroups | 240 |
| I | The Jews | |
| II | Heretics | |
| III | Sorcerers | |
| Select Bibliography | 275 |
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Vincent Phelan
reviewed The society of Renaissance Florence on March 29, 2015
The society of Renaissance Florence
This was a tough read. Not only was it incredibly dry, but the actually writing style itself was often garrulous and convoluted; what could have been stated simply was instead written in an over-complicated sentence. It reads like a thesis, where the author was more concerned with cramming as much information as he could onto the pages rather than making sure he could be easily understood. And it is A LOT of information; Goldthwaite did not skimp on his research, that is for certain. He does state at the beginning that there isn't a great deal of documentation concerning the economy during the Renaissance in Florence, so much of his writing is based on specific cases, from which he makes generalizations, but at the end of it all, he does caution against taking these assumptions as gospel, which I highly approve of. The book itself is well-researched and informative, I just wish it was written better; I know I didn't absorb even half of the information presented here simply because it was so dry to read!
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