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2. The Rhetoric and Design of Florentine Letter Writing
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Paul D. McLean
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of Tables and Figures ix
- Preface xi
- 1. The Principles of Networking as a Social Process 1
- 2. The Rhetoric and Design of Florentine Letter Writing 35
- 3. The Socially Contested Concept of Honor 59
- 4. What Gets Said When in Patronage Letters 90
- 5. The Dynamics of Office Seeking 121
- 6. Friends of Friends: Raccomandazione as Rhetoric and as Constitutive Principle 150
- 7. Patronage and the Stalled Transformation of the State 170
- 8. “Servants and Slaves in Everything and for Everything”: Renaissance Networking and the Emergent Modern Self ? 193
- Conclusion: Culture and the Network 224
- Notes 231
- Bibliography 255
- Index 279
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of Tables and Figures ix
- Preface xi
- 1. The Principles of Networking as a Social Process 1
- 2. The Rhetoric and Design of Florentine Letter Writing 35
- 3. The Socially Contested Concept of Honor 59
- 4. What Gets Said When in Patronage Letters 90
- 5. The Dynamics of Office Seeking 121
- 6. Friends of Friends: Raccomandazione as Rhetoric and as Constitutive Principle 150
- 7. Patronage and the Stalled Transformation of the State 170
- 8. “Servants and Slaves in Everything and for Everything”: Renaissance Networking and the Emergent Modern Self ? 193
- Conclusion: Culture and the Network 224
- Notes 231
- Bibliography 255
- Index 279
