The “Gabelle of Santa Maria del Fiore”. Public funding of the Cathedral of Florence

Authors

  • Lorenzo Fabbri Archivio dell'Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore - Firenze

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/1593-2214/249

Keywords:

Middle Ages, 14th-15th Century, Santa Maria del Fiore

Abstract

In 1331 the commune of Florence resolved to fund the Works of the city’s cathedral on a permanent basis. In the following decades, the revenues drew upon three different kinds of sources: direct communal funds (from specific budget items), indirect communal funds (transfers to the Works from various revenues such as taxes on wills, dues on fiscal and criminal pardons), commercial activities of the Works. The second part of the essay focuses on the rich records for the second half of the fifteenth century, which are elaborated and tabulated in the appendix.

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Published

2002-06-15

How to Cite

Fabbri, Lorenzo. 2002. “The ‘Gabelle of Santa Maria Del Fiore’. Public Funding of the Cathedral of Florence”. Reti Medievali Journal 3 (1):Art. #5. https://doi.org/10.6092/1593-2214/249.

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2002)

Section

Essays

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