their first making. Renaissance Florence is the setting for one of the first attempts to develop a market specialized in …

has been Director of the Institute of Studies on Mediterranean Societies (ISSM-CNR) in Naples, Italy, and Professor of …

, clarifying and explaining the complex workings of Florence's commercial, banking, and artisan sectors. Florence was one of the … beyond Florence's boundaries. Part I situates Florence within this wider international context and describes the commercial … and banking networks through which the city's merchant-bankers operated. Part II focuses on the urban economy of Florence …