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- catalog abstract ""In 1434, the new medici government exiled Matteo Strozzi as an enemy of the regime. Soon afterward, Matteo and three of his eight children died of the plague. His young widow, Alessandra, struggled to make arrangements for her five remaining children, preparing her sons for merchant careers and finding husbands for her daughters. Her three sons left Florence in the 1440s to enter relatives' merchant banking firms. Their absence, prolonged by a sentence of exile imposed on them in 1458s, gave rise to the family correspondence that informs this rich study." "The Strozzi of Florence correspondence tells the story of the decline and recovery of one Florentine patrician family. Eventually, the Strozzi brothers earned the greatest fortune of their era, and, after the repeal of their exile, Filippo, the eldest, most successful, and longest lived, spent his final years as one of Florence's foremost citizens. Set in the context of other documentary evidence and of modern historical and anthropological studies, Crabb's study illuminates the roles of women, kinship, solidarity, honor, and profit. The family letters provide nuanced insights into values and practices that more impersonal sources cannot rival." "This book will appeal to those with a general interest in social history as well as those with particular interests in the Renaissance, Florence, and Italy. It confronts issues of Renaissance florentine historiography by presenting a more positive view of the role of women than does current orthodoxy, by providing evidence of the impact of extended kinship ties (a controversial issue), and by illuminating further the value placed on honor and profit."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11340773.
- catalog coverage "Florence (Italy) History 1421-1737.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""In 1434, the new medici government exiled Matteo Strozzi as an enemy of the regime. Soon afterward, Matteo and three of his eight children died of the plague. His young widow, Alessandra, struggled to make arrangements for her five remaining children, preparing her sons for merchant careers and finding husbands for her daughters. Her three sons left Florence in the 1440s to enter relatives' merchant banking firms. Their absence, prolonged by a sentence of exile imposed on them in 1458s, gave rise to the family correspondence that informs this rich study."".
- catalog description ""The Strozzi of Florence correspondence tells the story of the decline and recovery of one Florentine patrician family. Eventually, the Strozzi brothers earned the greatest fortune of their era, and, after the repeal of their exile, Filippo, the eldest, most successful, and longest lived, spent his final years as one of Florence's foremost citizens. Set in the context of other documentary evidence and of modern historical and anthropological studies, Crabb's study illuminates the roles of women, kinship, solidarity, honor, and profit. The family letters provide nuanced insights into values and practices that more impersonal sources cannot rival."".
- catalog description ""This book will appeal to those with a general interest in social history as well as those with particular interests in the Renaissance, Florence, and Italy. It confronts issues of Renaissance florentine historiography by presenting a more positive view of the role of women than does current orthodoxy, by providing evidence of the impact of extended kinship ties (a controversial issue), and by illuminating further the value placed on honor and profit."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Husband and wife -- A Florentine widow -- Daughters and sons-in-law -- Young merchants -- Mature merchants -- Exile and safe-conduct -- Ending exile -- Arranging marriages -- Return to Florence -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Appendix A. Strozzi relationships and contacts -- Appendix B. Inheritance in Florentine wills -- Appendix C. Florentine widows in the Catasto -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-310) and index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 328 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Strozzi of Florence.".
- catalog identifier "047210912X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Strozzi of Florence.".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in medieval and early modern civilization".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press,".
- catalog relation "Strozzi of Florence.".
- catalog spatial "Florence (Italy) History 1421-1737.".
- catalog spatial "Italy Florence".
- catalog subject "945/.5105/08621 21".
- catalog subject "DG731.82.S77 C73 2000".
- catalog subject "Macinghi Strozzi, Alessandra, 1407-1471.".
- catalog subject "Nobility Italy Florence Biography.".
- catalog subject "Strozzi family.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Husband and wife -- A Florentine widow -- Daughters and sons-in-law -- Young merchants -- Mature merchants -- Exile and safe-conduct -- Ending exile -- Arranging marriages -- Return to Florence -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Appendix A. Strozzi relationships and contacts -- Appendix B. Inheritance in Florentine wills -- Appendix C. Florentine widows in the Catasto -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog title "The Strozzi of Florence : widowhood and family solidarity in the Renaissance / Ann Crabb.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".