The Strozzi of Florence : widowhood and family solidarity in the Renaissance / Ann Crabb.
2000
DG731.82.S77 C73 2000 (Mapit)
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Title
The Strozzi of Florence : widowhood and family solidarity in the Renaissance / Ann Crabb.
Author
Crabb, Ann, 1940-
ISBN
047210912X (alk. paper)
9780472109128 (alk. paper)
9780472109128 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2000.
Language
English
Description
viii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Call Number
DG731.82.S77 C73 2000
Dewey Decimal Classification
945/.5105/08621
Summary
"In 1434, the new medici government exiled Matteo Strozzi as an enemy of the regime. Soon afterward, Matteo and three of his eight children died of the plague. His young widow, Alessandra, struggled to make arrangements for her five remaining children, preparing her sons for merchant careers and finding husbands for her daughters. Her three sons left Florence in the 1440s to enter relatives' merchant banking firms. Their absence, prolonged by a sentence of exile imposed on them in 1458s, gave rise to the family correspondence that informs this rich study."
"The Strozzi of Florence correspondence tells the story of the decline and recovery of one Florentine patrician family. Eventually, the Strozzi brothers earned the greatest fortune of their era, and, after the repeal of their exile, Filippo, the eldest, most successful, and longest lived, spent his final years as one of Florence's foremost citizens. Set in the context of other documentary evidence and of modern historical and anthropological studies, Crabb's study illuminates the roles of women, kinship, solidarity, honor, and profit. The family letters provide nuanced insights into values and practices that more impersonal sources cannot rival."
"This book will appeal to those with a general interest in social history as well as those with particular interests in the Renaissance, Florence, and Italy. It confronts issues of Renaissance florentine historiography by presenting a more positive view of the role of women than does current orthodoxy, by providing evidence of the impact of extended kinship ties (a controversial issue), and by illuminating further the value placed on honor and profit."--Jacket.
"The Strozzi of Florence correspondence tells the story of the decline and recovery of one Florentine patrician family. Eventually, the Strozzi brothers earned the greatest fortune of their era, and, after the repeal of their exile, Filippo, the eldest, most successful, and longest lived, spent his final years as one of Florence's foremost citizens. Set in the context of other documentary evidence and of modern historical and anthropological studies, Crabb's study illuminates the roles of women, kinship, solidarity, honor, and profit. The family letters provide nuanced insights into values and practices that more impersonal sources cannot rival."
"This book will appeal to those with a general interest in social history as well as those with particular interests in the Renaissance, Florence, and Italy. It confronts issues of Renaissance florentine historiography by presenting a more positive view of the role of women than does current orthodoxy, by providing evidence of the impact of extended kinship ties (a controversial issue), and by illuminating further the value placed on honor and profit."--Jacket.
Note
"The Strozzi of Florence correspondence tells the story of the decline and recovery of one Florentine patrician family. Eventually, the Strozzi brothers earned the greatest fortune of their era, and, after the repeal of their exile, Filippo, the eldest, most successful, and longest lived, spent his final years as one of Florence's foremost citizens. Set in the context of other documentary evidence and of modern historical and anthropological studies, Crabb's study illuminates the roles of women, kinship, solidarity, honor, and profit. The family letters provide nuanced insights into values and practices that more impersonal sources cannot rival."
"This book will appeal to those with a general interest in social history as well as those with particular interests in the Renaissance, Florence, and Italy. It confronts issues of Renaissance florentine historiography by presenting a more positive view of the role of women than does current orthodoxy, by providing evidence of the impact of extended kinship ties (a controversial issue), and by illuminating further the value placed on honor and profit."--Jacket.
"This book will appeal to those with a general interest in social history as well as those with particular interests in the Renaissance, Florence, and Italy. It confronts issues of Renaissance florentine historiography by presenting a more positive view of the role of women than does current orthodoxy, by providing evidence of the impact of extended kinship ties (a controversial issue), and by illuminating further the value placed on honor and profit."--Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-310) and index.
Series
Studies in medieval and early modern civilization.
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Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Introduction
Husband and wife
A Florentine widow
Daughters and sons-in-law
Young merchants
Mature merchants
Exile and safe-conduct
Ending exile
Arranging marriages
Return to Florence
Conclusion
Appendixes
Appendix A. Strozzi relationships and contacts
Appendix B. Inheritance in Florentine wills
Appendix C. Florentine widows in the Catasto
Bibliography
Index.
Introduction
Husband and wife
A Florentine widow
Daughters and sons-in-law
Young merchants
Mature merchants
Exile and safe-conduct
Ending exile
Arranging marriages
Return to Florence
Conclusion
Appendixes
Appendix A. Strozzi relationships and contacts
Appendix B. Inheritance in Florentine wills
Appendix C. Florentine widows in the Catasto
Bibliography
Index.