Papers by Marie D'Aguanno Ito
M. D. Ito, Orsanmichele: A Medieval Grain Market and Confraternity (Leiden: Brill), 2023
This work provides a new narrative for Orsanmichele in the era before the Renaissance. It examine... more This work provides a new narrative for Orsanmichele in the era before the Renaissance. It examines Orsanmichele from the mid-thirteenth century, as the piazza transformed into the city's grain market. It considers the market's tandem confraternity, with its stunning Madonnas over three successive loggias. It examines the grain market and confraternity from a social, economic, political, and artistic perspective. It provides extensive data on the Florentine grain trade, sales at the market, and the nexus between traders, political leaders, and the confraternity. The work suggests that developments at Orsanmichele during the medieval period formed the basis for the Renaissance structure.
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Work and Workplaces [Medieval], Chapter 3, A Cultural History of Work in the Medieval Age, series: A Cultural History of Work, Vol 2; ed. V. L. Garver (London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020) Association of American Publishers Prose Award, 2020
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The Catholic Historical Review, 2022
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International Colloquium: The integration of food markets in medieval Europe (11th-15th centuries... more International Colloquium: The integration of food markets in medieval Europe (11th-15th centuries) (3): formation, regulation and trends of prices, Universitat de València, 17th-18th June 2021, Antoni FURIÓ,
Universitat de València, and Pere BENITO I MONCLÚS, Universitat de Lleida, Directors
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International Conference on Food Economies in Pre-Modern Europe, University of Lleida, 17th-18th ... more International Conference on Food Economies in Pre-Modern Europe, University of Lleida, 17th-18th September 2020, Pere Benito i Monclús, Director
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Renaissance Quarterly, available online at Viella's website, 2019
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Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 2017
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Abstract link attached, via AVISTA, The Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplina... more Abstract link attached, via AVISTA, The Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Technology, Science, and Art, 2017
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The Economic History Review, 2016
M D Ito, review of Dennis Romano, Markets and Marketplaces in Medieval Italy, c. 1100 to c. 1400 ... more M D Ito, review of Dennis Romano, Markets and Marketplaces in Medieval Italy, c. 1100 to c. 1400 (Yale University Press, 2015), The Economic History Review 69 (2016)
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Paper presented at the Renaissance Society of America meeting, Berlin, 2015. Copyright M. D. Ito,... more Paper presented at the Renaissance Society of America meeting, Berlin, 2015. Copyright M. D. Ito, 2007-2015. All Rights Reserved.
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861 p. Copyright M D Ito, 2007-2014. All rights reserved. Library of Congress, US Copyright Offic... more 861 p. Copyright M D Ito, 2007-2014. All rights reserved. Library of Congress, US Copyright Office Certificate of Registration Number TX-6-766-999, April 2014. This work examines the late thirteenth- and early fourteenth-century grain market at Orsanmichele in Florence, and its attendant confraternity. It argues that the grain market was of systemic economic, political, and social importance to Florence, not unlike the wool market. The grain market was complex and sophisticated, and it functioned essentially as an early commodities exchange. It allowed large international traders operating in the Regno and smaller dealers in local and regional markets to import, with communal support, massive amounts of grain for distribution to the Florentine populace, which included a growing immigrant population employed in Florentine industries. The market’s centralized trading venue enabled the rapid
distribution of a bulk commodity, and it served as a mechanism for pricing efficiencies and to shift quickly the risks from the supplier to the consumer. As a centralized location and an important symbol of the new merchant-led government, however, the market was vulnerable to threats from opposing magnate forces that the market’s backers, essentially large international
traders (including the families of Orsanmichele) and the communal government, sought to undermine. From this vantage point, I argue that the confraternity of Orsanmichele, established under the grain loggia in 1291, should be viewed in a derivative position to the market, as a political shield providing a “holy wall” of protection for the market. I further argue that the
leadership of the commune, market, and confraternity were intertwined, with the market and confraternity essentially serving as arms of the communal government. Even during the dearth of 1329, when the nodal import link, the Porto Pisano, closed due to war and large Florentine traders withheld wheat supplies, I suggest that the commune worked with the confraternity to provide a social safety network and with the trading community to stabilize the market. In
providing a market-oriented perspective, I believe that the dearth of 1329 should be viewed as a market break, with an ensuing panic, not unlike market breaks of the modern era.
Appendices, including maps, selected documents, tables, data, and other information, start at p. 563.
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Orsanmichele - The Florentine Grain Market: Trade and Worship in the Later Middle Ages, M D Ito (... more Orsanmichele - The Florentine Grain Market: Trade and Worship in the Later Middle Ages, M D Ito (2014); Introduction and Overview.
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Orsanmichele - The Florentine Grain Market: Trade and Worship in the Later Middle Ages (2014), by... more Orsanmichele - The Florentine Grain Market: Trade and Worship in the Later Middle Ages (2014), by M. D. Ito
Chapter 2 - Seeds of Communal Liberty - The Emergence of a Neighborhood, Court System, and Church of San Michele in Orto: The Building of a Communal Government during the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries.
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Orsanmichele - The Florentine Grain Market: Trade and Worship in the Later Middle Ages (2014), b... more Orsanmichele - The Florentine Grain Market: Trade and Worship in the Later Middle Ages (2014), by M. D. Ito
Chapter 4 - An Abundant Harvest – The Confraternity of Orsanmichele:
The Madonna of Orsanmichele and her Confraternity: A “Holy Wall” of Protection for the Florentine Grain Market
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Paper presented at IMC Leeds, July 2013. Copyright M. D. Ito, 2007-2013. All Rights Reserved. The... more Paper presented at IMC Leeds, July 2013. Copyright M. D. Ito, 2007-2013. All Rights Reserved. The confraternity of Orsanmichele, a laudesi group dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was founded in 1291 at the Florentine grain market, just a year after the grain loggia's completion. The confraternity shared space with the traders under the loggia. Traders worked there by day, and the confraternity members met the evenings and on Sundays and feast days, when the market was closed. The confraternity at Orsanmichele, however, was more than a prayer, praise, and charitable group honoring the image of the Virgin under the loggia. Rather, using the focus of the Virgin and the energy she generated, the confraternity, backed by the communal and trading community, provided essential physical and political protection for the grain market in the face of magnate factions that opposed and threatened the market, its neighborhood, and the communal leadership.
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M. D. Ito, Orsanmichele: A Medieval Grain Market and Confraternity (Leiden: Brill), 2023
This work provides a new narrative for Orsanmichele in the era before the Renaissance. It examine... more This work provides a new narrative for Orsanmichele in the era before the Renaissance. It examines Orsanmichele from the mid-thirteenth century, as the piazza transformed into the city's grain market. It considers the market's tandem confraternity, with its stunning Madonnas over three successive loggias. It examines the grain market and confraternity from a social, economic, political, and artistic perspective. It provides extensive data on the Florentine grain trade, sales at the market, and the nexus between traders, political leaders, and the confraternity. The work suggests that developments at Orsanmichele during the medieval period formed the basis for the Renaissance structure. Preview available at https://brill.com/display/title/59743
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Universitat de València, and Pere BENITO I MONCLÚS, Universitat de Lleida, Directors
distribution of a bulk commodity, and it served as a mechanism for pricing efficiencies and to shift quickly the risks from the supplier to the consumer. As a centralized location and an important symbol of the new merchant-led government, however, the market was vulnerable to threats from opposing magnate forces that the market’s backers, essentially large international
traders (including the families of Orsanmichele) and the communal government, sought to undermine. From this vantage point, I argue that the confraternity of Orsanmichele, established under the grain loggia in 1291, should be viewed in a derivative position to the market, as a political shield providing a “holy wall” of protection for the market. I further argue that the
leadership of the commune, market, and confraternity were intertwined, with the market and confraternity essentially serving as arms of the communal government. Even during the dearth of 1329, when the nodal import link, the Porto Pisano, closed due to war and large Florentine traders withheld wheat supplies, I suggest that the commune worked with the confraternity to provide a social safety network and with the trading community to stabilize the market. In
providing a market-oriented perspective, I believe that the dearth of 1329 should be viewed as a market break, with an ensuing panic, not unlike market breaks of the modern era.
Appendices, including maps, selected documents, tables, data, and other information, start at p. 563.
Copyright M. D. Ito, 2007-2014. Library of Congress, US Copyright Office Certificate of Registration Number TX-6-766-999, April 2014. All Rights Reserved.
Chapter 2 - Seeds of Communal Liberty - The Emergence of a Neighborhood, Court System, and Church of San Michele in Orto: The Building of a Communal Government during the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries.
Copyright M. D. Ito, 2007-2014. Library of Congress, US Copyright Office Certificate of Registration Number TX-6-766-999, April 2014. All Rights Reserved.
Chapter 4 - An Abundant Harvest – The Confraternity of Orsanmichele:
The Madonna of Orsanmichele and her Confraternity: A “Holy Wall” of Protection for the Florentine Grain Market
Copyright M. D. Ito, 2007-2014. Library of Congress, US Copyright Office Certificate of Registration Number TX-6-766-999, April 2014. All Rights Reserved.
Books by Marie D'Aguanno Ito
Preview available at https://brill.com/display/title/59743
Universitat de València, and Pere BENITO I MONCLÚS, Universitat de Lleida, Directors
distribution of a bulk commodity, and it served as a mechanism for pricing efficiencies and to shift quickly the risks from the supplier to the consumer. As a centralized location and an important symbol of the new merchant-led government, however, the market was vulnerable to threats from opposing magnate forces that the market’s backers, essentially large international
traders (including the families of Orsanmichele) and the communal government, sought to undermine. From this vantage point, I argue that the confraternity of Orsanmichele, established under the grain loggia in 1291, should be viewed in a derivative position to the market, as a political shield providing a “holy wall” of protection for the market. I further argue that the
leadership of the commune, market, and confraternity were intertwined, with the market and confraternity essentially serving as arms of the communal government. Even during the dearth of 1329, when the nodal import link, the Porto Pisano, closed due to war and large Florentine traders withheld wheat supplies, I suggest that the commune worked with the confraternity to provide a social safety network and with the trading community to stabilize the market. In
providing a market-oriented perspective, I believe that the dearth of 1329 should be viewed as a market break, with an ensuing panic, not unlike market breaks of the modern era.
Appendices, including maps, selected documents, tables, data, and other information, start at p. 563.
Copyright M. D. Ito, 2007-2014. Library of Congress, US Copyright Office Certificate of Registration Number TX-6-766-999, April 2014. All Rights Reserved.
Chapter 2 - Seeds of Communal Liberty - The Emergence of a Neighborhood, Court System, and Church of San Michele in Orto: The Building of a Communal Government during the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries.
Copyright M. D. Ito, 2007-2014. Library of Congress, US Copyright Office Certificate of Registration Number TX-6-766-999, April 2014. All Rights Reserved.
Chapter 4 - An Abundant Harvest – The Confraternity of Orsanmichele:
The Madonna of Orsanmichele and her Confraternity: A “Holy Wall” of Protection for the Florentine Grain Market
Copyright M. D. Ito, 2007-2014. Library of Congress, US Copyright Office Certificate of Registration Number TX-6-766-999, April 2014. All Rights Reserved.