Charity and State in Late Renaissance Italy: The Monte Di Pieta of Florence

By Carol Bresnahan Menning

Drawing on extensive archival evidence, Carol Bresnahan Menning examines the remarkable evolution of the Florentine monte from a small charitable pawnshop to a flourishing savings organization and a powerful instrument of patronage and state finance.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801427738
• ISBN13: 9780801427732
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.