Petrarch's War: Florence and the Black Death in Context

ISBN-13: 9781108439305 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 240 str.

William Caferro

Opis

A compelling and revisionist account of Florence's economic, literary and social history in the immediate aftermath of the Black Death.

Recenzje

'… Petrarch's War is an excellent study … the work is absorbing and excellently argued; there is something to learn in every chapter and the historiographic conclusions are worth contemplating at length for anyone interested in our use and study of the past.' Adam Franklin-Lyons, H-Net Reviews

Spis treści

Introduction: plague in context: Florence 1349–50; 1. Petrarch's war; 2. The practice of war and the Florentine army; 3. Economy of war at a time of plague; 4. Plague, soldiers' wages, and the Florentine public workforce; 5. The bell ringer travels to Avignon, the cook goes to Hungary: towards an understanding of the Florentine labor force, 1349–50; Epilogue: why two years matter (and the short-term is not inconsistent with the long-term).