ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book focuses some of the modus vivendi et operandi of a group of ‘minor’ actors in fifteenth-century Florence. It discusses the correspondence and the occasional discrepancy between the real economy and the economic policy of the Arte. The book discusses the material conditions of the rigattieri, the organisational make-up of the various companies of regatteria, their impact on working and corporate relations, and their ability to adapt to the urban fabric and social changes. It analyses the various types of alternative jobs carried out by rigattieri, with an eye to supplementing their income from the sale of second-hand goods. The book focuses on rigattieri with sufficient financial capacity, who used an alternative profession as an investment for their capital, rather than as a form of supplementary income.
