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
Summary
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 bibliographical references (pages 381-397) and index
