INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. TABLES vii
4. FIGURES ix
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
6. ABBREVIATIONS xiii
7. INTRODUCTION 1
8. PART I. THE PATRICIANS AS A SOCIAL GROUP FROM THE REPUBLIC TO THE HAPSBURG-LORRAINE 11
9. PART II. THE NEW BUREAUCRACY OF THE MEDICI DUKES IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES 63
10. PART III. THE PATRICIANS IN THE BUREAUCRACY 127
11. PART IV. THE PATRIMONIALISM OF PATRICIAN FUNCTIONARIES 155
12. PART V. PATRICIAN WEALTH AND DUCAL POLICY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 201
13. PART VI. THE REMAKING OF THE BUREAUCRACY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BY THE HAPSBURG-LORRAINE 263
14. CONCLUSION 336
15. APPENDIX A. Tables on Offices, Officeholders, and Salaries 339
16. APPENDIX B. Summary Information about Patrician Houses 362
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 383
18. INDEX 397
19. Backmatter 416