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Introduction: Economy, Polity, and Religion, c. 1250-c. 1650; The Venetian Popolo: Anonymous or Autonomous?; The Spectrum of Representation; The Sources and Their Scope; The Stones of Venice; 1 Venice as Mercantile System, c. 1250-c. 1300; Polity, 1297; Polity, 1268; Economy, 1271; Religion, 1247; Mercy and Merchants: Scripture and Teaching; Misericordia and Mercanti: The First Scuole; 2 Proliferation and Punctuation, c. 1300-c. 1500; The Confraternities of Venice; A Context of Adversity; A Resilient Trend
Sisters of the BrotherhoodsBefore the Black Death, 1300-48; The Impact of the Plague; From the Black Death to the Bianchi, 1349-99; The Bianchi, 1399; The Franciscan Revival and Social Change, c. 1400-c. 1450; Plague and Patronage, c. 1450-c. 1500; The Vision of the Polity; 3 Who Were the Venetians, c. 1500-c. 1600?; Metropolis and Cosmopolis; Rooms at the Inns, 1530-1; L'arte dei fabbri; Strands of Identity; "Quel ramo del lago di Como"; The Tale of "Il Medeghino"; 4 Officers and Office in the Mercers' Guild, c. 1450-c. 1600; A Little Republic?; Arte dei marzeri and Scuola di San Teodoro
Officers and MembersOligarchs or Plutocrats? A Test Case; Official Business; External Protection: The Mercers' Wares; Internal Administration: The Festa della Sensa; Litigation; 5 Monuments to Mercy, c. 1500-c. 1600; Arti and Scuole in the Sixteenth Century; The Scuole del Venerabile; The Sovvegni; Eligibility; Contributions and Benefits; Sovvegni, Scuole, Arti, and Parish; The Scuole and the Stones of Venice; Sponsorship and Projects; The Case of San Silvestro; The Scuole and the Rialto Complex; A Procession from the Frari; The Wider Network
6 The Venetians and the Confessional State, c. 1550-c. 1600The Autonomy of the Venetian Laity; The Agencies of the Confessional State; The Confessionalism of the Church; The Confessionalism of the State; The Inquisition and the Venetian Laity; Investigations of Arti and Scuole; Artisans and Parochial Discipline; The Inquisition and Commercial Practice; Guildsmen and Reason of State; The Visitation of 1581; Venice and the Defence of Political Absolutism; Tintoretto and the Last Fight; Conclusion; Morbidity in an Age of Decline: The Suffragi; Family Ties; An Envoi: Decadence or Shift?; Maps
Sisters of the BrotherhoodsBefore the Black Death, 1300-48; The Impact of the Plague; From the Black Death to the Bianchi, 1349-99; The Bianchi, 1399; The Franciscan Revival and Social Change, c. 1400-c. 1450; Plague and Patronage, c. 1450-c. 1500; The Vision of the Polity; 3 Who Were the Venetians, c. 1500-c. 1600?; Metropolis and Cosmopolis; Rooms at the Inns, 1530-1; L'arte dei fabbri; Strands of Identity; "Quel ramo del lago di Como"; The Tale of "Il Medeghino"; 4 Officers and Office in the Mercers' Guild, c. 1450-c. 1600; A Little Republic?; Arte dei marzeri and Scuola di San Teodoro
Officers and MembersOligarchs or Plutocrats? A Test Case; Official Business; External Protection: The Mercers' Wares; Internal Administration: The Festa della Sensa; Litigation; 5 Monuments to Mercy, c. 1500-c. 1600; Arti and Scuole in the Sixteenth Century; The Scuole del Venerabile; The Sovvegni; Eligibility; Contributions and Benefits; Sovvegni, Scuole, Arti, and Parish; The Scuole and the Stones of Venice; Sponsorship and Projects; The Case of San Silvestro; The Scuole and the Rialto Complex; A Procession from the Frari; The Wider Network
6 The Venetians and the Confessional State, c. 1550-c. 1600The Autonomy of the Venetian Laity; The Agencies of the Confessional State; The Confessionalism of the Church; The Confessionalism of the State; The Inquisition and the Venetian Laity; Investigations of Arti and Scuole; Artisans and Parochial Discipline; The Inquisition and Commercial Practice; Guildsmen and Reason of State; The Visitation of 1581; Venice and the Defence of Political Absolutism; Tintoretto and the Last Fight; Conclusion; Morbidity in an Age of Decline: The Suffragi; Family Ties; An Envoi: Decadence or Shift?; Maps