Emergence of a Bureaucracy: The Florentine Patricians, 1530-1790: The Florentine Patricians, 1530-1790

Burr Litchfield traces the development of the patrician elite of Florence from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries, the growth of a bureaucratic state in Tuscany during this period, and the changing relationship of the patricians to the state apparatus. His discussion of this largely neglected period of Italian history shows that the elite of the Florentine Renaissance Republic continued as the main component of the urban office-holding aristocracy under the Grand Dukes of Tuscany, and that they had an important role in the transition from Renaissance communal institutions to those of a regional state. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Frontmatter Tables (page vii) Lists of Figures and Illustrations (page ix) Acknowledgments (page xi) Abbreviations and Units of Measurement (page xiii) Introduction (page 3) PART I: THE PATRICIANS AS A SOCIAL GROUP FROM THE REPUBLIC TO THE HAPSBURG-LORRAINE (page 11) 1. The Legacy of the Renaissance Republic (page 13) 2. Adaptation to the Sixteenth- and Seventeenth Century Medici Court (page 24) 3. The Eighteenth-Century Libri di Oro of the Hapsburg-Lorraine (page 52) PART II: THE NEW BUREAUCRACY OF THE MEDICI DUKES IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES (page 63) 4. From Magistrates to Functionaries (page 65) 5. The Expansion of the Central Bureaucracy (page 84) 6. Central and Provincial Offices (page 110) PART III: THE PATRICIANS IN THE BUREAUCRACY (page 127) 7. Theory and Practice of the Mixed State (page 129) 8. The Relocation of the Patricians by Type of Office (page 141) PART IV: THE PATRIMONIALISM OF PATRICIAN FUNCTIONARIES (page 155) 9. Training and Appointment (page 157) 10. Careers and Salaries (page 182) PART V: PATRICIAN WEALTH AND DUCAL POLICY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY (page 201) 11. The Changing Fortunes of the Patricians (page 203) 12. The Economic Policy of Patrimonialism (page 233) PART VI: THE REMAKING OF THE BUREAUCRACY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BY THE HAPSBURG-LORRAINE (page 263) 13. The Regency for Francis Stephen,1737-65 (page 265) 14. The Leopoldine Reforms,1765-90 (page 283) 15. The Exit of the Patricians from Office (page 313) CONCLUSION (page 336) APPENDIX A TABLES ON OFFICES,OFFICEHOLDERS, AND SALARIES, 1551-1784 APPENDIX B SUMMARY INFORMATION ABOUT PATRICIAN HOUSES BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 383) INDEX (page 397) Burr Litchfield traces the development of the patrician elite of Florence from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries, the growth of a bureaucratic state in Tuscany during this period, and the changing relationship of the patricians to the state apparatus. His discussion of this largely neglected period of Italian history shows that the elite of the Florentine Renaissance Republic continued as the main component of the urban office-holding aristocracy under the Grand Dukes of Tuscany, and that they had an important role in the transition from Renaissance communal institutions to those of a regional state. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.