Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Imagining Florence 15
7. 2. Great Expectations 49
8. 3. Defending Liberty 98
9. 4. Neither Fish nor Flesh 142
10. 5. Reimagining Florence 189
11. Conclusion 228
12. APPENDIX 1. A Partial Reconstruction of the Office-Holding Class of Florence, ca. 1500 235
13. APPENDIX 2. Biographical Information 254
14. Notes 279
15. Acknowledgments 357
16. Index 359