Skip to main content

ETHNOS_APP

Home • Search • Journals • List 0

Warfare and Economy in Renaissance Italy, 1350-1450

Bibliographic Data

ID3312735
AuthorsWilliam P Caferro (William Caferro is Associate Professor of History, Vanderbilt University. He is the author of John Hawkwood, an English Mercenary in Fourteenth-Century Italy (Baltimore, 2006); Mercenary Companies and the Decline of Siena (Baltimore, 1998).), William Caferro (0009-0002-1847-8806, University of Siena, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume39
Issue2
Pages167-209
Publication date2008-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Interdisciplinary History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1953 • E-ISSN: 1530-9169
PublisherMIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1162/jinh.2008.39.2.167
OpenAlexW1973272645
LanguageEN
Citations received35
References cited53

The well-known cycle of plague and famine in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Italy coincided with continuous and expensive warfare. These wars, largely ignored by scholars, had important economic consequences for the peninsula, reallocating resources on both the state and individual level. The spending habits of soldiers suggest, albeit tentatively at this stage, a "Renaissance" penchant for conspicuous consumption and display

Ancient history · Archaeology · Consumption (sociology · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Famine · Fifteenth · Peninsula · Plague (disease · Political science · Shock (circulatory · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · The Renaissance · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Law · Medieval History and Crusades · Medieval Literature and History

  • The Turks and the other peoples of the Eurasian steppes to 1175

    Open Access•Étienne De La Vaissière•Cambridge History of War•2020

  • Maritime technologies

    Open Access•John H Pryor•Cambridge History of War•2020

  • Antiquities

    Open Access•Kathleen W Christian•Cambridge Companion to the…•2014

  • Artists’ workshops

    Open Access•Patricia L Reilly•Cambridge Companion to the…•2014

  • India, c .1200– c .1500

    Open Access•Phillip B Wagoner•Cambridge History of War•2020

  • Mapping and voyages

    Open Access•Francesca Fiorani•Cambridge Companion to the…•2014

  • The Cambridge History of War

    Open Access•David A Graff, David Graff et al.•Cambridge History of War•2020

  • Ottoman expansion and military power, 1300–1453

    Open Access•Gábor Ágoston•Cambridge History of War•2020

  • The Slavs, Avars, and Hungarians

    Open Access•Martyn Rady•Cambridge History of War•2020

  • China, 900–1400

    Open Access•Peter Lorge•Cambridge History of War•2020

  • China

    Open Access•David A Graff•Cambridge History of War•2020

  • Japan to 1200

    Open Access•Karl F Friday, Karl Friday•Cambridge History of War•2020

  • Western Europe, 1300–1500

    Open Access•Alba Curry, Anne Curry•Cambridge History of War•2020

  • Justifications, theories, and customs of war

    Open Access•Stephen Morillo•Cambridge History of War•2020

  • The Mongol empire

    Open Access•Roman Hautala•Cambridge History of War•2020

  • Warfare and Italian states, 1300–1500

    Open Access•William Caferro•Cambridge History of War•2020

  • Land technologies

    Open Access•Kelly Devries•Cambridge History of War•2020

  • Introduction to volume II

    Open Access•Alba Curry, Anne Curry et al.•Cambridge History of War•2020

  • Religion

    Open Access•Adriano Prosperi•Cambridge Companion to the…•2014

  • The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Renaissance

    Open Access•Michael Wyatt•Cambridge Companion to the…•2014

  • Italy in the Renaissance

    Open Access•Paolo Malanima•The Economic History Review•2017

  • Law, order and plunder at sea

    Thomas Heebøll-Holm, THOMAS K HEEBØLL-HOLM•Continuity and Change•2017

  • The Florentine Archives in Transition

    Open Access•Alessandro Guidi, Andrea Guidi•European History Quarterly•2016

  • Comparative Economy and Martial Corporatism

    William Caferro•Speculum•2022

  • Counting the Dead

    Open Access•John Gagné•Renaissance Quarterly•2014

  • Origins of Europe’s north-south divide

    Open Access•Mattia Fochesato•Explorations in Economic History•2018

  • Profit and Patrimony

    Open Access•Jeffrey Miner•The Business History Review•2020

  • The Life of a Renaissance Gunmaker

    Fabrizio Antonio Ansani, Fabrizio Ansani•Technology and Culture•2017

  • Resilience in conflict

    Stefania Montemezzo•Business History•2026

  • A ‘Magnificent’ military entrepreneur? The involvement of the Medici Bank in the arms trade (1482-1494)

    Fabrizio Antonio Ansani•Business History•2024

  • Renaissance attachment to things

    Open Access•Cohn, Samuel Cohn Jr et al.•The Economic History Review•2012

  • Fiscal Innovation Gone Bad

    Francesco Bettarini, John F Padgett•The Journal of Modern History•2025

  • Plagues, wars, political change, and fiscal capacity

    Open Access•Mattia Fochesato•The Economic History Review•2021

  • Strategic materials and state capacity in Renaissance Italy. The economic policies of 'Roman saltpetre' procurement

    Open Access•Fabrizio Antonio Ansani•The Economic History Review•2025

  • Cœur de l'État, lieu de tension

    Open Access•Filippo De Vivo•Annales Histoire Sciences Sociales•2013

  • Before the Black Death

    Bruce M S Campbell•Before the Black Death•1992

  • Creating the Florentine State

    Open Access•Cohn, Jr Samuel K Cohn•Creating the Florentine State•1999

  • The Rise of the Western World

    Open Access•Douglass C North, Robert Paul Thomas•Rise of the Western World•1973

  • European Urbanization, 1500-1800

    John De Vries, Jan De Vries•European Urbanization, 1500-1800•2013

  • Florentine Politics and Society 1343-1378

    Wallace K Ferguson•Manuscripta•1963

  • The Recovery of France in the Fifteenth Century

    Open Access•G F Martin, Peter Shervey Lewis•The Recovery of France in the…•1971

  • Lucca 1430–1494

    M E Bratchel•Lucca, 1430-1494•1995

  • Royal Taxation in Fourteenth-Century France

    Franklin J Pegues, John Bell Henneman•The American Historical Review•1977

  • The "Trattato politico-morale" of Giovanni Cavalcanti (1381-c.1451) . Marcella T. Grendler

    Julius Kirshner•Speculum•1976

  • Calendar of Select Pleas and Memoranda of the City of London, A.D. 1381-1412

    Charles Johnson, Charles S Johnson et al.•The Economic History Review•1932

  • The Hundred Years War

    Open Access•C T Allmand, Christopher Allmand•Hundred Years War•1988

  • Jewish Life in Renaissance Italy

    Robert Bonfil•Jewish Life in Renaissance Italy•1994

  • The Italian City Republics

    Daniel Waley, Daniel Philip Waley et al.•Italian City Republics•2013

  • L'esercito del duca

    Paul M Dover, Paul Dover et al.•The Journal of Military History•2000

  • Medieval Military Technology

    Bernard S Bachrach, Kelly Devries•The Journal of Military History•1992

  • Wealth and the Demand for Art in Italy, 1300-1600

    Charles L Stinger•Sixteenth Century Journal•1994

  • The Crisis of Feudalism

    Thomas Max Safley•Sixteenth Century Journal•1986

  • Origini dello stato

    William V Hudon•Sixteenth Century Journal•1996

  • Creating the Florentine State

    Mark Jurdjevic•Sixteenth Century Journal•2001

  • Deutsche Soldner im Italien des Trecento

    Albrecht Classen, Stephan Selzer•German Studies Review•2002

  • Florentine Public Finances in the Early Renaissance, 1400-1433

    Anthony Molho, Harry A Miskimin•Renaissance and Reformation•1969

  • Power and Imagination. City-States in Renaissance Italy

    Lauro Martines, Cary J Nederman•Renaissance and Reformation•1969

  • Florentine Tuscany

    William J Connell, Andréa Zorzi et al.•Renaissance and Reformation•2001

  • Notes sur le commerce des armes à Avignon au XIVe siècle

    Robert Brun•Bibliothèque de l école des chartes•1951

  • The Investment of Sir John Fastolf's Profits of War

    Open Access•K B Mcfarlane•Transactions of the Royal…•1957

  • Finances et comptabilité urbaines du XIIIe au XVIe siècle

    Sylvia L Thrupp•Speculum•1967

  • Debasements, Royal Revenues, and Inflation in France During the Hundred Years' War, 1415–1422

    Open Access•Naomi Sussman•The Journal of Economic History•1993

  • Letters on Familiar Matters. "Rerum Familiarium Libri" XVII-XXIV

    Conrad H Rawski, Francesco Petrarca et al.•Italica•1989

  • Some Social Consequences

    Little Kenneth, L Subotnik Kenneth•African Affairs•1966

  • Cities, Regions and the Late Medieval Crisis

    R Epstein, Stephan Epstein et al.•Past & Present•1991

  • The Thirty Years' War

    J V Polišenský, Josef Polišenský•Past & Present•1954

  • The Great Bullion Famine of the Fifteenth Century

    John Day•Past & Present•1978

  • The Cult of Remembrance and the Black Death

    Sharon T Strocchia, Sharon Strocchia et al.•The Journal of Interdisciplinary…•1994

  • Economia e societa nell' Italia medievale

    Brian Pullan, Philip Jones•The Economic History Review•1981

  • The Costs of the Hundred Years' War

    M M Postan•Past & Present•1964

  • England and the Hundred Years War

    K B Mcfarlane•Past & Present•1962

  • The Economic and Social Consequences of the Thirty Years'war1

    Henry Kamen•Past & Present•1968

  • The Economic Depression of the Renaissance

    Open Access•Robert Sabatino Lopez, Harry A Miskimin•The Economic History Review•1962

  • Some Social Consequences of the Hundred Years'war

    Open Access•M M Postan•The Economic History Review•1942

  • Population, Plague and Social Change in Rural Pistoia, 1201-14301

    Open Access•David Herlihy•The Economic History Review•1965

  • Town and country

    R Epstein, Stephan Epstein et al.•The Economic History Review•1993

  • War and Economic Progress 1540-1640

    John U Nef•The Economic History Review•1942

  • Economic Depression of the Renaissance

    Open Access•C M Cipolla, Harry A Miskimin•The Economic History Review•1964

  • Les crises de subsistances et la démographie de la France d'Ancien Régime

    Open Access•Jean Meuvret•Population•1946

  • La crise d'une société

    Open Access•Robert Boutruche•Annales Histoire Sciences Sociales•1947

  • Les campagnes de la région parisienne à la fin du Moyen Age

    Open Access•Louis Stouff•Annales Histoire Sciences Sociales•1966

  • Cities, ?city-states,? and regional states in north-central Italy

    Open Access•Giorgio Chittolini•Theory and Society•1989

Unique citing works35
Citations per year2,5
Citation span2012 - 2026 (15)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 35

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub
Ethnos_APP • Open Source Project • MIT License • Frontend v2.0.0 • Privacy and Cookies • API Documentation: api.ethnos.app/docs • API Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17049435 • Frontend Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17050053 • cruz.rio.br • Expectantes Misericordiae