HIST-308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Ciompi Revolt, De Jure, Social Mobility
16 Mar 2020
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The cultural flourishing of florence began in the 13th century but would continue down to the. Not all cities were equally open to humanism. Venice and genoa were less open to novelty since they were already great. The dukes of milan were only humanists when they felt like it: florence as a republic. Late medieval florence was not a duchy but a republic, even if it was often oligarchic. The people held de jure power but the merchants held de facto power: social mobility. Setting aside autocratic regimes like milan, many northern cities included at least some participatory elements. As the ciompi revolt showed, social mobility was most prominent in florence: social possibility. Some would make social mobility one of the keys to florentine humanism. It was usually easier for a talented member of the bourgeoise to rise up by way of wit and skill: upward mobility. Culturally speaking, merchants" sons like boccaccio could win immortal fame.
