Epidemics in Renaissance Florence.

Plague and the poor in Renaissance Florence

dealing in the busy and practical world with such a wide range of opinions; and second, the closing of the gulf of misunderstanding between the reforming organizations and orthodox medicine. Neither of these is insuperable; but the third, the increasing spectre of malpractice, may be. At all events, it is clear that histories of childbirth such as this one are not only motivated by, but essenti...

Doctors and medicine in early renaissance Florence

A paper by D. M. Krikler points out that when graphic techniques such as sphygmography were first introduced, they were not applied at once to cardiac irregularities. Of crucial importance was the invention ofa practical form ofelectrocardiogram. A major role was played by men at University College Hospital, e.g. Lewis, Cushny, and Starling. Arthur Hollman's history of bundle branch block appro...

Marriage and Elite Structure in Renaissance Florence , 1282

Volatility clustering and the bid–ask spread: Exchange rate behavior in early Renaissance Florence

This paper investigates the nature and behavior of the domestic (local) currency market that existed in Florence (Italy) during the late 14th and early 15th centuries (a.k.a. the Early Renaissance). We find that the extant volatility and microstructure models developed for modern asset markets are able to describe the statistical volatility properties observed for the denaro-florin exchange rat...

Abandoned Children of the Italian Renaissance: Orphan Care in Florence and Bologna by Nicholas Terpstra