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Lavoro e società nel Medioevo: trasformazioni, contraddizioni e nuovi orizzonti

  • Francesco Ammannati

The medieval approach to work was ambivalent, influenced by conflicting cultural legacies, as seen in the tripartite society and tensions between labour and ascetic ideals. The text explores medieval labour contracts, emphasising nuanced relations between servitude, subordination, and freedom, both in rural and urban context, highlighting evolving worker statuses in guilds. Medieval views on mechanical arts challenged Greco-Roman disdain, with intellectuals reconciling manual arts with divine wisdom, reshaping perceptions of practical skills. Societal changes, including city growth and merchant inclusion, challenged traditional orders: a new human perspective shaped by cities, merchants, rationality, and time, paved the way for ‘new man’ of the Renaissance.

  • Keywords:
  • middle ages,
  • labour,
  • mechanical arts,
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Francesco Ammannati

University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-4820-4390

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  2. Le Goff, Jacques. 1977. Tempo della Chiesa e tempo del mercante. Saggi sul lavoro e la cultura nel Medioevo. Milano: CDE.
  3. Negri, Antimo. 1980. Filosofia del lavoro. 2. Dal medioevo al settecento preilluministico. Milano: Marzorati.
  4. Todeschini, Giacomo. 2002. I mercanti e il tempio. La società cristiana e il circolo virtuoso della ricchezza fra medioevo ed età moderna. Bologna: il Mulino (Collana di storia dell’economia e del credito).
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Chapter Information

Chapter Title

Lavoro e società nel Medioevo: trasformazioni, contraddizioni e nuovi orizzonti

Authors

Francesco Ammannati

Language

Italian

DOI

10.36253/979-12-215-0319-7.36

Peer Reviewed

Publication Year

2024

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© 2024 Author(s)

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CC BY 4.0

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CC0 1.0

Bibliographic Information

Book Title

Idee di lavoro e di ozio per la nostra civiltà

Editors

Giovanni Mari, Francesco Ammannati, Stefano Brogi, Tiziana Faitini, Arianna Fermani, Francesco Seghezzi, Annalisa Tonarelli

Peer Reviewed

Number of Pages

1894

Publication Year

2024

Copyright Information

© 2024 Author(s)

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CC BY 4.0

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CC0 1.0

Publisher Name

Firenze University Press

DOI

10.36253/979-12-215-0319-7

ISBN Print

979-12-215-0245-9

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979-12-215-0319-7

eISBN (epub)

979-12-215-0320-3

Series Title

Studi e saggi

Series ISSN

2704-6478

Series E-ISSN

2704-5919

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