Social Life in Renaissance Florence - HTAV

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Confraternities Spiritual purpose- laudesi and penetential. Importance of salvation Socio economic- charity eg St Agnese and La Brucciata in Green Dragon; Misericordia Sense of belonging to city wide group Possible political networking forum - dissolution of the Confraternities 1419 - Lorenzo de’ Medici membership of 5 confraternities
Incorporation or exclusion of marginalised groups- the poor the differences in wealth, housing and lifestyle between the patriciate class, who had wealth and power, and the Popolo Minuto, who constituted 90% of the population. Attitudes- Brucker “a mixture of distaste, compassion and fear.” Ritual- excluded from civic ritual but local street festivals Institutionalised charity Kent – vertical ties. “to be rather loved than feared” Confraternities- usually city wide Social map. Weissman- “social bonds (in the gonfalone) were not only dense, but multi faceted.”
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