The Florentine florin
This book offers an innovative study of the Florentine gold florin, presenting it as a product of human activity and a dynamic medium with significant political, social, and cultural dimensions. Departing from the traditional view of the florin as a neutral economic means of exchange, the book explo...
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| description | This book offers an innovative study of the Florentine gold florin, presenting it as a product of human activity and a dynamic medium with significant political, social, and cultural dimensions. Departing from the traditional view of the florin as a neutral economic means of exchange, the book explores its role in the acquisition of power and as an instigator of social and political change. By providing a holistic appraisal of the interplay of human agents and political institutions and combining data from archaeological material and archival evidence, it demonstrates that the florin’s early success was not driven only by long-distance trade, as often assumed in existing scholarship. Instead, the florin’s influence should be understood through its integration into networks of power within political, diplomatic, military, and ecclesiastical spheres. It follows that the early history of the florin needs to be inscribed within the interactions between Florence and its merchants (Chapter 2), the Angevin Crown in the Kingdom of Sicily (Chapter 3), and the papacy (Chapter 4). Through a detailed account of the florin’s diffusion and use in both commercial and non-commercial contexts, this book will challenge and refine interpretations of the ‘Commercial Revolution’, emphasise the crucial role of human agents in the study of medieval coins, and demonstrate how monetary history is a lively and organic part of medieval studies, rather than an exoteric and self-contained branch of economic historiography. In so doing, this book reconceptualises the relationship between material culture and economic practice, providing a framework for future studies. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1590142026-06-15T06:03:20Z The Florentine florin Locatelli, Stefano Florin; Florence; Commercial Revolution; back to gold; long-distance trade; Angevins; Papacy; Kingdom of Sicily thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history::NHDJ European history: medieval period, middle ages thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DS Southern Europe::1DST Italy thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500::3KL c 1000 CE to c 1500::3KLN 13th century, c 1200 to c 1299 This book offers an innovative study of the Florentine gold florin, presenting it as a product of human activity and a dynamic medium with significant political, social, and cultural dimensions. Departing from the traditional view of the florin as a neutral economic means of exchange, the book explores its role in the acquisition of power and as an instigator of social and political change. By providing a holistic appraisal of the interplay of human agents and political institutions and combining data from archaeological material and archival evidence, it demonstrates that the florin’s early success was not driven only by long-distance trade, as often assumed in existing scholarship. Instead, the florin’s influence should be understood through its integration into networks of power within political, diplomatic, military, and ecclesiastical spheres. It follows that the early history of the florin needs to be inscribed within the interactions between Florence and its merchants (Chapter 2), the Angevin Crown in the Kingdom of Sicily (Chapter 3), and the papacy (Chapter 4). Through a detailed account of the florin’s diffusion and use in both commercial and non-commercial contexts, this book will challenge and refine interpretations of the ‘Commercial Revolution’, emphasise the crucial role of human agents in the study of medieval coins, and demonstrate how monetary history is a lively and organic part of medieval studies, rather than an exoteric and self-contained branch of economic historiography. In so doing, this book reconceptualises the relationship between material culture and economic practice, providing a framework for future studies. 2025-05-02T04:46:18Z 2025-05-02T04:46:18Z 2025-05-01T09:43:10Z 2025 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/101219 9781526158130 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/159014 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/101219/1/9781526158147.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/101219/1/9781526158147.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/101219/1/9781526158147.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/101219/1/9781526158147.pdf Manchester University Press 10.7765/9781526158147 10.7765/9781526158147 bcb4ab08-c525-4e6c-88e5-a0cf0a175533 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 9781526158130 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2025 273 open access |
| spellingShingle | Florin; Florence; Commercial Revolution; back to gold; long-distance trade; Angevins; Papacy; Kingdom of Sicily thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history::NHDJ European history: medieval period, middle ages thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DS Southern Europe::1DST Italy thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500::3KL c 1000 CE to c 1500::3KLN 13th century, c 1200 to c 1299 Locatelli, Stefano The Florentine florin |
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