Death and Ritual in Renaissance Florence

In what ways did the rituals associated with death in Renaissance Florence serve as an indicator of how Florentine society saw itself? In Death and Ritual in Renaissance Florence Sharon Strocchia shows how these death rites--especially civic funerals--reflected Florence's quick rise to commercial wealth in the fourteenth century and steady progression toward displays of princely power in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.Strocchia, Sharon T. is the author of 'Death and Ritual in Renaissance Florence', published 1985 under ISBN 9780801843648 and ISBN 0801843642.