LEADER 04515nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910787522903321 005 20211217014510.0 010 $a0-8122-0173-6 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812201734 035 $a(CKB)2670000000418351 035 $a(EBL)3442233 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001053290 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11606388 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001053290 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11115253 035 $a(PQKB)10110397 035 $a(OCoLC)859161726 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29098 035 $a(DE-B1597)449026 035 $a(OCoLC)1013938576 035 $a(OCoLC)922669296 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812201734 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442233 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748813 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442233 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000418351 100 $a20040513d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFlorence and its church in the age of Dante$b[electronic resource] /$fGeorge W. Dameron 210 $aPhiladelphia, Pa. $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (392 p.) 225 0 $aThe Middle Ages series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8122-3823-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [335]-359) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$t1. Institutions --$t2. Vocations --$t3. Economy --$t4. Piety --$t5. Commune --$tConclusion --$tList of Abbreviations --$tAppendix A: Dating, Measurements, Names, and Currency --$tAppendix B: A Checklist of Notarial Protocols for a Study of Ecclesiastical Institutions --$tAppendix C: Papal Provisions and Expectatives --$tAppendix D: Patronage Rights in Ecclesiastical Institutions --$tAppendix E: Major Locations of Ecclesiastical Property, 1250-1330 --$tChronology of Significant Events Mentioned in Text --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aBy the early fourteenth century, the city of Florence had emerged as an economic power in Tuscany, surpassing even Siena, which had previously been the banking center of the region. In the space of fifty years, during the lifetime of Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321, Florence had transformed itself from a political and economic backwater-scarcely keeping pace with its Tuscan neighbors-to one of the richest and most influential places on the continent. While many historians have focused on the role of the city's bankers and merchants in achieving these rapid transformations, in Florence and Its Church in the Age of Dante, George W. Dameron emphasizes the place of ecclesiastical institutions, communities, and religious traditions. While by no means the only factors to explain Florentine ascension, no account of this period is complete without considering the contributions of the institutional church. In Florence, economic realities and spiritual yearnings intersected in mysterious ways. A busy grain market on a site where a church once stood, for instance, remained a sacred place where many gathered to sing and pray before a painted image of the Virgin Mary, as well as to conduct business. At the same time, religious communities contributed directly to the economic development of the diocese in the areas of food production, fiscal affairs, and urban development, while they also provided institutional leadership and spiritual guidance during a time of profound uncertainty. Addressing such issues as systems of patronage and jurisdictional rights, Dameron portrays the working of the rural and urban church in all of its complexity. Florence and Its Church in the Age of Dante fills a major gap in scholarship and will be of particular interest to medievalists, church historians, and Italianists. 410 0$aMiddle Ages Series 606 $aChurch work with the poor$zItaly$zFlorence$xHistory 607 $aFlorence (Italy)$xChurch history 607 $aItaly$xChurch history$y476-1400 610 $aHistory. 610 $aMedieval and Renaissance Studies. 610 $aReligion. 610 $aReligious Studies. 615 0$aChurch work with the poor$xHistory. 676 $a274.5/5105 700 $aDameron$b George W$g(George Williamson)$0305208 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787522903321 996 $aFlorence and its church in the age of Dante$93697119 997 $aUNINA