Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

List of Illustrations

pp ix-xiv

Preface

pp xv-xvi

Acknowledgments

pp xvii-xviii

List of Abbreviations

pp xix-xx

Introduction

pp 1-8

Part I - RISKS AND RETURNS

pp 9-10

Chapter One - The Costs and Benefits of Running Away: Late Medieval Florentine Plague Mortality and Behavior

pp 11-34

Chapter Two - When Economic Theory Meets Medieval Contracts: Calculating the Monte Comune Interest Rate

pp 35-58

Part II - SOCIETY

pp 59-60

Chapter Three - The Chances of Getting Rich in Renaissance Florence: The Wool Industry Occupational Wealth Hierarchy

pp 61-96

Chapter Four - Palaces and Workers: Neighborhood Residential Segregation in Renaissance Florence

pp 97-126

Chapter Five - The “State” Makes a Work of Art: The Impact of the Catasto Homeowner Tax Loophole on the Quattrocento Florentine Palazzo Building Boom

pp 127-150

Chapter Six - Not Getting Ahead in Life: The Lack of Life-Cycle Wealth Accumulation in Quattrocento Tuscany

pp 151-182

Part III - WORK

pp 183-184

Chapter Seven - Just Doing Business: Testing Competition in the Renaissance Florentine Wool Industry

pp 185-210

Chapter Eight - Time for It All: Women in the Renaissance Florentine Wool Industry

pp 211-234

Chapter Nine - Why Were Renaissance Florentine Wool Industry Companies So Small?

pp 235-262

Conclusion

pp 263-266

Glossary

pp 267-280

Bibliography

pp 281-310

Index

pp 311-329