Bibliograph

The art of the network, strategic interaction and patronage in Renaissance Florence, Paul D. McLean

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Label

The art of the network, strategic interaction and patronage in Renaissance Florence, Paul D. McLean

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-277) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The art of the network

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

137331338

Responsibility statement

Paul D. McLean

Series statement

Politics, history, and culture

Sub title

strategic interaction and patronage in Renaissance Florence

Table Of Contents

The, principles of networking as a social process -- The, rhetoric and design of Florentine letter writing -- The, socially contested concept of honor -- What gets said when in patronage letters -- The, dynamics of office seeking -- Friends of friends : raccomandazione as rhetoric and as constitutive principle -- Patronage and the stalled transformation of the state -- "Servants and slaves in everything and for everything" : Renaissance networking and the emergent modern self? -- Conclusion: Culture and the network

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