The population of Florence before the Black Death

Survey and synthesis

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11891809
AutoresWilliam R Day (University of Cambridge, autor correspondente)
Ano2002
Volume28
Fascículo2
Páginas93-129
Data de publicação2002-06-01
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Medieval History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0304-4181 • E-ISSN: 1873-1279
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1016/s0304-4181(02)00002-7
OpenAlexW2021085395
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8

By any measure, the population of Florence grew enormously from the later twelfth to the early fourteenth century. This article summarises the historiography on Florentine demographic change during the two centuries before the Black Death, and it carefully considers the data provided by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani as well as the various merits and demerits of the information on which he evidently based his writings. It also establishes the approximate parameters of demographic change at Florence within the context of regional demographic movements in Tuscany

Ancient history · Genealogy · Geography · Population · Sociology · Demography · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History