The Social Fabric of Fifteenth-Century Florence: Identities and Change in the World of Second-Hand Dealers

by Alessia Meneghin

The Arte dei rigattieri (merchants of second-hand goods in Florence) have never been ​​the subject of a systematic study, even in scholarship devoted to the history of trades. Underpinned by a large collection of archival material, this book analyzes the social life and economic activity of rigattieri in fifteenth-century Florence. It offers invaluable information on issues such as the relationship between socio-political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367407264
• ISBN13: 9780367407261
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"