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Memory, Family, and Self <UN> Egodocuments and History Series Edited by Arianne Baggerman, Erasmus University Rotterdam and University of Amsterdam Rudolf Dekker, Center for the Study of Egodocuments and History, Amsterdam Michael Mascuch, University of California, Berkeley Advisory Board James Amelang, Universidad Autónoma Madrid Peter Burke, Emmanuel College Cambridge Philippe Lejeune, Emeritus, Université de Paris-Nord Claudia Ulbrich, Freie Universität Berlin VOLUME 6 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/egdo <UN> Memory, Family, and Self Tuscan Family Books and Other European Egodocuments (14th–18th Century) By Giovanni Ciappelli Translated by Susan Amanda George LEIDEN | BOSTON <UN> Cover illustration: The visitation (detail), by Iacopo Pontormo, ca. 1525-1530, church of San Michele Arcangelo in Carmignano, Prato, courtesy of the Diocesi of Pistoia, Ufficio Beni Culturali, Prot. aut. 35/2013. The Virgin is portrayed visiting her older cousin, St. Elizabeth. The Florentine painter Pontormo is himself the author of a book of ‘Ricordi’. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ciappelli, Giovanni. Memory, family, and self : Tuscan family books and other European egodocuments (14th-18th century) / by Giovanni Ciappelli ; translated by Susan Amanda George. pages cm. -- (Egodocuments and history series, ISSN 1873-653X ; volume 6) “This book collects, for the first time in English translation, fifteen essays (plus an introduction) written on the same subject over twenty-four years (but mostly in the last twelve)”--Preface. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-26631-5 (hardback: acid-free paper) – ISBN 978-90-04-27075-6 (e-book) 1. Autobiography-- Social aspects--Italy--Tuscany--History. 2. Autobiography--Italy--Tuscany--Psychological aspects--History. 3. Diaries--Social aspects--Italy--Tuscany--History. 4. Memory--Social aspects--Italy--Tuscany--History. 5. Collective memory--Italy--Tuscany--History. 6. Families--Italy--Tuscany--History. 7. Identity (Psychology)--Italy--Tuscany--History. 8. Tuscany (Italy)--Genealogy. 9. Tuscany (Italy)--Social life and customs. 10. Tuscany (Italy)--History--Sources. I. Title. CT25.C464 2014 929.20945--dc23 2014005999 This publication has been typeset in the multilingual “Brill” typeface. With over 5,100 characters covering Latin, ipa, Greek, and Cyrillic, this typeface is especially suitable for use in the humanities. For more information, please see brill.com/brill-typeface. issn 1873-653x isbn 978 90 04 26631 5 (hardback) isbn 978 90 04 27075 6 (e-book) Copyright 2014 by Koninklijke Brill nv, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill nv incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Nijhoff, Global Oriental and Hotei Publishing. All rights reserved. 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This book is printed on acid-free paper. <UN> Contents Editorial Note vii List of Abbreviations x Preface xi Introduction: Memory, Family, Identity in Early Modern Italy and Europe 1 1 Family Books in Florence: Evolution and Involution of a Genre 12 2 Books and Readings in Florence in the 15th Century: “Ricordanze” and the Reconstruction of Private Libraries 30 3 Memory of Historical Events in Florentine “Ricordanze” (14th–15th Century) 54 4 Domestic Devotion in Florentine “Ricordanze” (13th–16th Century) 82 5 The Family Books of the Castellani 109 6 The Medici “Ricordi” 123 7 Collective Memory and Cultural Memory: The Family between Antiquity and the Early Modern Period 146 8 Family Memory in the Early Modern Age: The Case of Tuscany 163 9 The Evolution of Family Memory Models: Tuscan Family Books (16th–18th Century) 184 10 Family Memory in Florence in the Time of Giuseppe Pelli Bencivenni 209 11 Collective and Individual Identity in Florence (16th–18th Century): The Family Book of Gianni 227 12 Family Memory and Individual Memory: Florentine Private Diaries and Family Books of the Early Modern Period 241 <UN> vi Contents 13 The Edition of Tuscan Sources for Family History in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period 260 14 Is there a Main Road in the Study of Autobiography? 275 15 Memory and Egodocuments in Early Modern Europe 280 Index of Modern Authors 293 Index of Names and Places 299 <UN> Editorial Note The (adapted) essays have been first published as follows: Introduction “Introduzione,” in G. Ciappelli (ed.), Memoria, famiglia, identità tra Italia ed Europa nell’età moderna (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2009), pp. 11–18, 31–36. Chapter 1 Chapter 6 of G. Ciappelli, Una famiglia e le sue ricordanze. I Castellani di Firenze nel Tre-Quattrocento (Florence: Olschki, 1995), pp. 183–202. Chapter 2 “Libri e letture a Firenze nel XV secolo. Le ‘ricordanze’ e la ricostruzione delle biblioteche private,” Rinascimento n.s. 29 (1989), pp. 267–291. Chapter 3 “La memoria degli eventi storici nelle ‘ricordanze’ fiorentine del Tre- Quattrocento,” in C. Bastia, M. Bolognani, F. Pezzarossa (eds.), La memoria e la città. Scritture storiche tra Medioevo ed età moderna, (Bologna: Il Nove, 1995), pp. 123–150. Chapter 4 “La devozione domestica nelle ricordanze fiorentine (fine XIII-inizio XVI secolo),” Quaderni di storia religiosa 8 (2001), pp. 79–115. Chapter 5 Chapter 3 of Ciappelli, Una famiglia e le sue ricordanze, pp. 49–64. Chapter 6 “I libri di ricordi dei Medici,” in I. Cotta and F. Klein (eds.), I Medici in rete. Ricerca e progettualità scientifica a proposito dell’archivio “Mediceo avanti il Principato”, Atti del Convegno (Firenze, 18–19 settembre 2000) (Florence: Olschki, 2003), pp. 153–177. Chapter 7 “Memoria collettiva e memoria culturale. La famiglia fra antico e moderno,” Annali dell’Istituto Storico Italo-Germanico in Trento 29 (2003), pp. 13–32. <UN> viii Editorial Note Chapter 8 “La memoria familiare in età moderna. Il caso toscano,” in R. Ago and B. Borello (eds.), Famiglie. Circolazione di beni, circuiti di affetti (Rome: Viella, 2008), pp. 317–339. Chapter 9 “L’evoluzione dei modelli di memoria familiare: i libri di famiglia toscani (secc. XVI–XVIII),” in Ciappelli (ed.), Memoria, famiglia, identità, pp. 201–233. Chapter 10 “La memoria familiare a Firenze al tempo di Giuseppe Bencivenni Pelli: rifles- sioni e documenti,” in R. Pasta (ed.), Scritture dell’io fra pubblico e privato (Rome: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2009), pp. 21–39. Chapter 11 “Identità collettiva e individuale a Firenze fra Seicento e Ottocento. Il libro di famiglia dei Gianni,” in G. Ciappelli, S. Luzzi, M. Rospocher (eds.), Famiglia e religione in Europa nell’età moderna (Rome: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2011), pp. 261–275. Chapter 12 “Memoria familiare e memoria individuale a Firenze nell’età moderna (diari e libri di famiglia),” Giornale di storia 3 (2010), pp. 1–14. URL: http://www.giornaledistoria.net/index.php?&nomeCat=Articoli&title =Memoria familiare e memoria individuale a Firenze nell’età moderna (diari e libri di famiglia)&sezione=1&content=14&cat=9&view=2&id=42. Also publ. in French as “Mémoire familiale et mémoire individuelle à Florence d’après journaux et livres de famille de l’époque moderne,” in S. Mouysset, J.-P. Bardet, F.-J. Ruggiu (eds.), “Car c’est moy que je peins”. Ecritures de soi, individu et liens sociaux (Europe, XVe-XXe siècle) (Paris-Toulouse: CNRS- Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, 2010), pp. 23–38. Chapter 13 “Le edizioni di fonti per la storia della famiglia nell’età medievale e moderna,” in A.M. Pult Quaglia and A. Savelli (eds.), Per la storia delle città toscane. Bilancio e prospettive delle edizioni di fonti dalla metà degli anni Sessanta a oggi, Atti del Convegno (Firenze, 9–11 febbraio 2011) (Florence: Consiglio Regionale della Toscana, 2013), pp. 73–90. <UN> Editorial Note ix Chapter 14 “¿Existe una linea maestra en el estudio de la autobiografia?,” Cultura escrita & sociedad 1 (2005), pp. 52–57. Chapter 15 “La mémoire en Europe à travers les écrits du for privé à l’époque moderne,” in F.-J. Ruggiu (ed.), The uses of first person writings. Africa, America, Asia, Europe. Les usages des écrits du for privé. Afrique, Amérique, Asie, Europe (Bruxelles: Peter Lang, 2013), pp. 61–75. <UN> List of Abbreviations ASF Archivio di Stato, Florence BNCF Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence BRF Biblioteca Riccardiana, Florence Corp. sopp. Corporazioni religiose soppresse dal governo francese MAP Mediceo Avanti il Principato Misc. rep. Miscellanea repubblicana NTF Nuovi Testi Fiorentini Protocolli Protocolli dei carteggi di Lorenzo il Magnifico Pupilli Magistrato dei Pupilli avanti il Principato R.I.S. Rerum Italicarum Scriptores Three asterisks in the text of quotations (***) indicate omission of text by the scribe himself in the original manuscript. <UN> Preface This book collects, for the first time in English translation, fifteen essays (plus an introduction) written on the same subject over twenty-four years (but mostly in the last twelve). The family book has been defined as a genre in Italy in the 1980s, a sort of diary which has been written by, about, and for the family. Whereas at that time scholars were seeing it mainly as an Italian genre, now it can be said that such a pattern can be found in different forms in several parts of Europe. In any case Florence can be considered the “cradle”: the place where such documents were produced earlier and more lavishly. Florentine ricor- danze begin as early as the end of the 13th century, are produced in hundreds in the 14th–15th, and start a writing tradition which – in lessened but still sub- stantial numbers – crosses the whole early modern period. Such abundance is not only a matter of archival preservation (other places in Italy possess just dozens, not hundreds, of family books), but has to do with the very nature of the social structure of the city.