Florence and Its University During the Early RenaissanceThis book makes a substantial contribution to the study of Florentine history. It answers an important but hitherto unresolved question: why did the Florentine Republic keep a university in its capital city between 1385 and 1473 rather than follow the example of other Italian states in maintaining a university in a subject town? Based on a wide range of newly-found sources, it discloses that the University owed its survival to the support of the Florentine elite, especially the Medici family and its followers. It reveals systematically the close ties between the University and major developments in the social, economic, political, ecclesiastical, and cultural life of Florence and Florentine Tuscany. The appendices fill some of the greatest gaps in our knowledge of the University, identifying administrators, students, examiners, and teachers. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
1430 attends college 28 February 29 left formerly 30 October accoppiatore Angelo Appendix appointed Arezzo Argyropoulos arts and medicine attends college meeting Bartolomeo Benedetto Accolti canon and civil Canon Law civil law college of doctors Comune Cosimo doctorand doctors of canon elected family name Ficino fifteenth century Filelfo Florence Florentine teachers formerly 28 left four months Francesco Filelfo Gherardi high status lineages Iacopo ibid Instalment July known Florentine members left and MC left formerly 28 Lorenzo low status lineage Maestro Giovanni Maestro Piero Marsuppini Matteo Medici Messer Antonio Messer Francesco Messer Giovanni Molho months from 18 non-Florentine teachers Orlandi Palla Strozzi payment Period and subject Pisa promotor Renaissance rettore right and MC Salary for four served as rettore Spagnesi Statuti studia humanitatis Studio fiorentino subject not specified taught teacher is known teaching Tratte ufficiale dello studio Università degli Scolari Utiliter Verde Vespasiano da Bisticci