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) has 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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032088354
• ISBN13: 9781032088358
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"