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This brief article expands on the Prolusion given to the LV Settimana Datini, clarifying some additional aspects and proposing a few examples of upward socio-economic mobility. Particular attention is given to two topics: the importance of the acquisition of nobility for social ascension in medieval...

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Main Author: ALFANI, GUIDO
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2025
Subjects:
social mobility
socio-economic mobility
wealth
social closure
political closure
super-rich
Online Access:ONIX_20250801T173835_9791221506679_74
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Summary:This brief article expands on the Prolusion given to the LV Settimana Datini, clarifying some additional aspects and proposing a few examples of upward socio-economic mobility. Particular attention is given to two topics: the importance of the acquisition of nobility for social ascension in medieval and early modern times, and the connections between historical processes of social closure, economic closure, and political closure.

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