The Spinelli of Florence

Name: The Spinelli of Florence
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Fortunes of a Renaissance Merchant Family

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The private archive of the Spinelli, acquired by Yale University's Beinecke Library in 1988, constitutes the largest fund of information about a Florentine family anywhere outside Italy. "The Spinelli of Florence" tells the story of these merchants and their ascent to social and economic prominence during the 14th and 15th centuries. This book gives an intimate portrait of daily life - the worlds of papal finance, silk and wool manufacturing, and household affairs - as recorded in letters and financial ledgers preserved for 200 years since the extinction of the male line. The fame of this family rests largely on the extraordinary success of one individual, Tommaso Spinelli, who broke into banking through the Alberti and Borromei organizations, later to serve as depository general under Pope Eugenius IV and financial officer to three subsequent popes. Tommaso sought to raise his status in society through ties of marriage and business rather than entering the political arena, which had led to the demise and exile of older, established Florentine families, notably the Peruzzi and Alberti. Like his contemporaries, Cosimo de'Medici, Giovanni Rucellai and Francesco Sassetti, Tommaso poured his considerable wealth into the patronage of private palaces and villas in Rome and Florence, as well as through donations to the great Franciscan church of Santa Croce. Despite his reputation for magnificence, it was Tommaso's obeissance to the codes of religious decorum and his adherence to older artistic traditions that allowed him to commemorate himself and his family without censure. The authors of this collaborative study, an architectural historian and economic historian, add significantly to our knowledge of private and papal banking, wool and silk manufacturing, and patronage of the arts. "The Spinelli of Florence" is important for scholars of history, economic history, social history and art history.

Author Biography:

Philip Jacks is Assistant Professor of Art History at George Washington University. His previous books include Vasari's Florence: Artists and Literati at the Medicean Court (1998) and The Antiquarian and the Myth of Antiquity: The Origins of Rome in Renaissance Thought (1993). William Caferro is Assistant Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. His previous book are The Unbounded Community: Conversations across Time(1994) and The Companies of Adventure and the Decline of Siena (forthcoming).

Release date NZ

November 1st, 2001

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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Illustrations

12 Halftones, color; 145 Halftones, black and white

Pages

440

Dimensions

216x279x24

ISBN-13

9780271019246

Product ID

7272592

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