ACLS Humanities E-Book: The building of Renaissance Florence: an economic and social history

The building of Renaissance Florence: an economic and social history

Goldthwaite, Richard A.

Year: 1982, c1980.

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press.

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Frontmatter

List of Illustrations

List List of Tables, Charts, Graph, Maps

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

I Demand: The Patrons

1 The Wherewithal to Spend: The Economic Background

2 The Reasons for Building: Needs and Taste

II Supply: The Construction Industry

3 Organization of Work

4 Production of Materials

5 The Guild

6 Labor

7 The Architect

Conclusion

Appendix 1 Value of the Florin, 1252-1533

Appendix 2 List of Statutes of Building-Craft Guilds in Italian Cities

Appendix 3 Workers' Wages: Data and Sources

Appendix 4 Price of Meat, 1491-1501

Appendix 5 Toward a Checklist of Early Illustratons of Workers in the Construction Industry

Index

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Title:

The building of Renaissance Florence : an economic and social history Richard A. Goldthwaite.

Author:

Goldthwaite, Richard A

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The building of Renaissance Florence : an economic and social history Richard A. Goldthwaite.
Goldthwaite, Richard A
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982, c1980.

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Subject Headings:

• Construction industry -- Italy -- Florence -- History
• Architecture -- Italy -- Florence -- History
• Florence (Italy) -- Economic conditions
• Florence (Italy) -- Social conditions
• Florence (Italy) -- History

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