This book explores the co-development of political, social, economic, and artistic networks of Florentines in the Kingdom of Hungary during the reign of Sigismund of Luxembourg. Analyzing the social network of these politicians, merchants, artisans, royal officers, dignitaries of the Church, and noblemen is the primary objective of this book. The study addresses both descriptively the patterns of connectivity and causally the impacts of this complex network on cultural exchanges of various types, among these migration, commerce, diplomacy, and artistic exchange. In the setting of a case study, this monograph should best be thought of as an attempt to cross the boundaries that divide political, economic, social, and art history so that they simultaneously figure into a single integrated story of Florentine history and development.

Katalin Prajda is a historian of Renaissance Italy. She earned her Ph.D. in 2011 from the European University Institute, Florence. She has been a postdoctoral scholar at various research institutes, among others at the Department of Political Science, University of Chicago; the Institute of History, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Institute for Advanced Study — Central European University. She studies the intersections of trade, political, kinship, and artistic networks in early Renaissance Italy.

AcknowledgmentsTables and FiguresIntroduction- Historical Networks- Sources, Structure - Centres and Peripheries - Names of Individuals and PlacesChapter I. Florentine Networks in Europe- Florence during the Albizzi regime (1382-1434)- Florentines in Europe - Florentines in the Kingdom of Hungary Chapter II. The Centre of the Network: The Scolari Family- The Lineage - Pippo di Stefano- Matteo di Stefano- Andrea di Filippo- Filippo, Lorenzo and Giambonino di RinieriChapter III. The Inner Circle of the Network: Friends of Blood and MarriageI. The Buondelmonti FamilyGiovanni di messer Andrea da Montebuoni: The ArchbishopThe Del Bene FamilyFilippo di Giovanni del Bene: The Administrator of Papal RevenuesThe Cavalcanti FamilyGianozzo di Giovanni Cavalcanti: The CourtierThe Borghini FamilyTommaso di Domenico Borghini: The Pioneer Silk EnterpreneurThe Guicciardini FamilyPiero di messer Luigi Guicciardini: The AmbassadorII. The Albizzi FamilyRinaldo di messer Maso degli Albizzi: The Political AllyIII. The Guadagni Family Vieri di Vieri Guadagni: The BankerIV. The Altoviti FamilyLeonardo and Martino di Caccia Altoviti: The HeirsV. The Infangati Family Antonio and Baldinaccio di Catellino Infangati: The In-LawsThe Della Rena FamilyPiero di Bernardo della Rena: The In-Laws' In-LawChapter IV. The Outer Circle of the Network: Friends of BusinessI. The Bardi FamilyNofri di Bardo de'Bardi: The Royal Administrator II. The Melanesi FamilyGiovanni, Simone, and Tommaso di Piero Melanesi: The Double Citizens of Florence and BudaIII. The Falcucci Family Giovanni del maestro Niccolò Falcucci: The Merchant of Precious Metals IV. The Corsi FamilySimone and Tommaso di Lapo Corsi: The Third Generation of Silk Manufacturers V. The Lamberteschi FamilyNiccolò, Piero, and Vieri d'Andrea Lamberteschi: The Anti-Ottoman Military CaptainsVI. The Cardini Family Currado di Piero Cardini: The Trading ChurchmanVII. The Capponi FamilyFilippo di Simone Capponi: The Junior Partner of the Earliest Florentine Trade Firm in BudaVIII. The Fronte FamilyAntonio and Fronte di Piero di Fronte: The Business Brothers IX. The Strozzi Family Antonio di Bonaccorso Strozzi: The Commercial AgentX. The Peruzzi Family Ridolfo di Bonifazio Peruzzi: The EntrepreneurChapter V. The Periphery of the Network: Friends of Commission I. GoldsmithsDino di Monte and Marco di Bartolomeo RusticiII. Architects Filippo di ser Brunellesco, Brunelleschi Manetto di Jacopo Amannatini: The Fat WoodcarverIII. Painters Tommaso di Cristofano di Fino, MasolinoConclusions. Network and Migration