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Charity and State in Late Renaissance Italy

The Monte di Pieta of Florence
By:Carol Bresnahan Menning
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Print ISBN:9780801427732
eText ISBN:9781501737206
Edition:0
Copyright:1993
Format:Page Fidelity

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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.