"E i miei denari che prestai a usura?": Banchi di pegno ed etica economica nel teatro fiorentino del secondo Quattrocento = «And the money that I have lent in usury?» : banks, pawnshops and economic ethics in the Florentine theatre of the late Fifteenth Century
In the second half of the fifteenth century, the Florentine confraternal theatre became a key space to convey religious education and political discourse. Ideas about economic ethics were presented to the audience by means of exemplar stories, which were memorable and emotionally engaging. The artic...
| Subtitles: | «And the money that I have lent in usury?» |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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Vita e Pensiero
2018
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Rivista di storia della Chiesa in Italia
Year: 2018, Volume: 72, Issue: 1, Pages: 51-94 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages KBJ Italy NCE Business ethics |
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| Summary: | In the second half of the fifteenth century, the Florentine confraternal theatre became a key space to convey religious education and political discourse. Ideas about economic ethics were presented to the audience by means of exemplar stories, which were memorable and emotionally engaging. The article investigates how money, credit and usury were represented on the stage by analysing five sacre rappresentazioni (religious dramas) in which the banks and pawnshops played a central role. Beside traditional Christian topics (e.g. almsgiving, transitory goods, providence), the polemical dimension of some plays emerges, as it was functional to the ongoing campaign against Jewish pawnbrokers. Moreover, the playwrights intentionally brought on the stage topics such as the corruption of justice, the conversion/expulsion of the Jews, and the elusive identity of the poor, thus aiming to contribute to redefine society. |
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| ISSN: | 0035-6557 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Rivista di storia della Chiesa in Italia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.26350/001783_000038 |