TY  - BOOK
AU  - Menning,Carol Bresnahan
TI  - Charity and State in Late Renaissance Italy: The Monte di Pieta of Florence 
SN  - 9781501737206
AV  - HG2093.I6 
U1  - 361.7/632/094551 20
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Ithaca, NY : 
PB  - Cornell University Press, 
KW  - Charities
KW  - Italy
KW  - Florence
KW  - History
KW  - Finance
KW  - Pawnbroking
KW  - Medieval & Renaissance Studies
KW  - HISTORY / Europe / Italy
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; FONDI CONSULTED (AND ABBREVIATIONS) --; PREFACE --; INTRODUCTION --; 1. THE EARLY MONTI DI PIETA AND THE ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH A MONTE IN FLORENCE --; 2. THE CREATION AND OPERATION OF THE MONTE DI PIETA OF FLORENCE --; 3. DEBTORS AND CREDITORS, 1496-1499 --; 4. GROWTH AND CRISIS, 1500-1530 --; 5. REVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION, 1530-1569 --; 6. PATRONAGE, LOANS, AND THE EXERCISE OF DUCAL CONTROL --; 7. FRAUD AND THEFT IN THE MONTE DI PIETA DURING THE REIGN OF COSIMO --; 8. FROM FLORENCE TO SIENA AND BEYOND: THE MEDICI AND THE MONTE DI PIETA --; 9. CONCLUSIONS --; APPENDIX A. TABLES --; APPENDIX B. A NOTE ON FLORENTINE MONEY --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX; restricted access
N2  - Drawing on extensive archival evidence, Carol Bresnahan Menning examines the remarkable evolution of the Florentine monte from a small charitable pawnshop to a flourishing savings organization and a powerful instrument of patronage and state finance
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501737206
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501737206
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501737206/original
ER  -