Title: Quantitative studies of the Renaissance Florentine economy and society /
Authors: Lindholm, Richard T.,
Year: 2017
Subjects: Renaissance Italy Florence; Florence (Italy) Civilization.; Florence (Italy) Economic conditions.; Florence (Italy) Social conditions.; Florence (Italy) History; Florence (Italy) History
Contents: Introduction -- The costs and benefits of running away: late medieval Florentine plague mortality and behavior -- When economic theory meets medieval contracts: calculating the Monte Comune interest rate -- The chances of getting rich in Renaissance Florence: the wool industry occupational wealth hierarchy -- Palaces and workers: neighborhood residential segregation in Renaissance Florence -- The "state" makes a work of art: the impact of the Catasto home owner tax loophole on the Quattrocento Florentine palazzo building boom -- Not getting ahead in life: the lack of life-cycle wealth accumulation in Quattrocento Tuscany -- Just doing business: testing competition in the Renaissance Florentine wool industry -- Time for it all: women in the Renaissance Florentine wool industry -- Why were Renaissance Florentine wool industry companies so small? -- Conclusion.