JOURNAL ARTICLE

Regulating sense and space in late Renaissance Florence.

  • Published In: Urban History, 2023, v. 50, n. 1. P. 38 1 of 3

  • Database: Historical Abstracts with Full Text 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Rombough, Julia 3 of 3

Abstract

This article examines the sounds and smells of late Renaissance Florence by analysing stone inscriptions posted in public streets and squares by the city's policing officials, the Otto di Guardia, during the Medici grand ducal period (1569–1737). The plaques contain sensory regulations prohibiting sounds, smells and sights considered socially and environmentally polluting. Unpublished archival records, printed materials and material artifacts reveal how sensory legislation developed as an increasingly public element of late Renaissance Florentine governance, while at the same time revealing how Florentines often resisted or ignored sensory regulation. Digitally mapping the sensory legislation plaques visualizes the intersections of sense, space and social history in new ways. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Urban History. 2023/02, Vol. 50, Issue 1, p38
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0963-9268
  • DOI:10.1017/S0963926821000651
  • Accession Number:161546092
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