ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1960, paints a picture of what life was like in Renaissance Florence. It examines private and public life of Florentine citizens, governance and defence; the life of women; domestic arrangements; ritual and ceremony, siege and plague.

chapter Chapter I|10 pages

A City Divided Against Itself

chapter Chapter II|11 pages

The Signoria and Florentine Trade

chapter Chapter III|17 pages

Various Aspects of the Florentine Character

chapter Chapter IV|13 pages

Cosimo de’ Medici and the Advent of the Bankers

chapter Chapter VII|14 pages

A Tour of the City and the Countryside

chapter Chapter VIII|14 pages

Home-Life in Florence (I)

chapter Chapter IX|9 pages

Home-Life in Florence (II)

chapter Chapter X|15 pages

Public Life

chapter Chapter XI|16 pages

Burghers, Artisans and Taxpayers

chapter Chapter XII|16 pages

The Barbarian and the Prophet

chapter Chapter XIII|14 pages

Uncertainty of the Times

chapter Chapter XIV|16 pages

The Intellectuals

chapter Chapter XV|21 pages

Lives of the Artists

chapter Chapter XVI|14 pages

Feminism

chapter Chapter XVII|17 pages

Stories and Anecdotes

chapter Chapter XIX|16 pages

Florence under the Yoke

chapter Chapter XX|22 pages

The Decline: the Gallery of Masks