Age, Marriage, and Politics in Fifteenth-Century Ragusa. David Rheubottom
Mediterranean. His perspective on the trajectory of the Florentine economy between 1350 and 1500 therefore calls into question the view that the economic contraction was a generalized and monolithic phenomenon throughout Europe. As such, his complex portrayal of the European economy after 1350 — one in which economic sectors in some areas flourished while other sectors in other regions declined — is presciently consistent with the rich and complicated image that historians accept today. In conclusion, readers have much to gain from these essays. Even so, they might also want to supplement them with up-to-date research on the late medieval economy (S. R. Epstein), the cloth industry (Franco Franceschi), and fulling mills (John Muendel). GEORGE DAMERON St. Michael's College (Colchester, Vermont)