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Nature of Florentine society The precarious world of Renaissance Florence- Agnolo Acciaiuoli “a paradise inhabited by devils.” - Ronald Weissman- ‘agonistic’ The importance of belonging to corporate groups, such as guilds, confraternities, families, neighbourhoods in medieval times. Did this continue?
Historiography Jacob Burkhardt- Renaissance Italy “began to swarm with individuality” as its men and women were freed from the “countless bonds” of medieval solidarities and corporations, such as clan, guilds and neighbourhoods. Gene Brucker- “By the end of the 14 th century, these corporate groups were declining in strength and vitality, and were playing a less important role in Florentine life. F.W. Kent- “Quattrocento Florentines, however… sought advantage, protection and comfort in a bewildering variety of groups and social bonds…which they inherited from the late medieval commune.”
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