Contents vi
Prints: Woodcuts, Engravings, and Etchings, 56
Sculpture, 59
Theater for the Elite, 61
Women and the Arts, 64
Women Poets and Their Poetry, 67
Economics and Work, 71
Introduction, 71
Accounting, 73
Apothecaries, 76
Apprentices, 79
Banks and Banking, 81
Book Printing and Sales, 84
Cloth Trade, 87
Clothmaking, 89
Coins, Coinage, and Money, 92
Construction, Building, 95
Credit and Loans, 98
Grain Trade, 100
Guilds, 102
Imported Goods, Sources of, 106
Manufacturing, 108
Mezzadria, 110
Notaries, 113
Putting-Out System, 115
Retail Selling, 118
Sheep and Wool Economy in the South, 121
Slaves and Slavery, 124
Spice Trade, 126
Taxes and Public Finance, 128
Trade, Seaborne, 131
Trade Routes, Overland, 134
Wages and Prices, 136
Women in the Labor Force, 138
Family and Gender, 141
Introduction, 141
Birth and Midwives, 144
Childhood, 147
Death, Funerals, and Burial, 150
Divorce, Separation, and Annulment, 152
