Main entry:

Romano, Dennis, 1951- author.

Title & Author:

Markets and marketplaces in Medieval Italy, c.1100 to c.1440 / Dennis Romano.

Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2015.
©2015

Description:

viii, 271 pages : illustrations (some colored), maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [250]-262) and index.
Introduction -- Part one: Space and place. The marketplace as civic symbol ; The evolution of marketplaces ; The organization of the marketplace -- Part two: Buying and selling. Market infrastructure: streets, shops, and stalls ; The choreography of buying and selling ; Regulating and controlling the marketplace -- Part three: Marketplace ethics. Bona fide, sine fraude (in good faith and without fraud) ; Combatting fraud and promoting trust: embellishing the marketplace -- Epilogue: "È il bene comune nel mercatare".
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Cathedrals and civic palaces stand to this day as symbols of the dynamism and creativity of the city-states that flourished in Italy during the Middle Ages. Markets and Marketplaces in Medieval Italy argues that the bustling yet impermanent sites of markets played an equally significant role, not only in the economic life of the Italian communes, but in their political, social, and cultural life as well. Drawing on a range of evidence from cities and towns across northern and central Italy, Dennis Romano explores the significance of the marketplace as the symbolic embodiment of the common good; its regulation and organization; the ethics of economic exchange; and how governments and guilds sought to promote market values. With a special focus on the spatial, architectural, and artistic elements of the marketplace, Romano adds new dimensions to our understanding of the evolution of the market economy and the origins of commercial capitalism and Renaissance individualism.-- Provided by Publisher.

Resources:
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Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

9780300169072 (hardcover)
0300169078 (hardcover)

Subject:

Markets Italy To 1500.
Marketplaces Italy To 1500.
Cities and towns, Medieval Italy.
Commerce History Medieval, 500-1500.
Villes médiévales Italie.
Commerce Histoire 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
15.70 history of Europe.
Cities and towns, Medieval
Commerce Medieval
Marketplaces
Markets
Markt
Marktplatz
Mercats Itàlia Fins al 1500.
Ciutats medievals Itàlia.
Comerç Història Edat mitjana.
Torghandel historia.
Einzelhandel
Marktmechanismus
Wirtschaftsethik
Regulierung
Mittelalter
Italien
Italy
geschiedenis
history
markten
markets
market economies
kapitalisme
capitalism
ethiek
ethics
architectuur
architecture
steden
towns
renaissance
italy
Economic, Social, and Cultural History of Southern Europe
Economische, sociale en cultuurgeschiedenis vab Zuid-Europa

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 289755
Call No.: BIB 232361
Status: Available