St Antoninus of Florence on Trade, Merchants, and Workers

Jason Aaron Brown is a sessional instructor in the Department of History at the University of Manitoba.

List of Tables, Plates, and Figures
List of Photos
Acknowledgements
Preface
Abbreviations
Chronology of St Antoninus’s Life

Part 1: Introduction

1. St Antoninus of Florence
Preamble. St Antoninus today
1. Sources for the biography of Antoninus
2. First influences: Niccolò Pierozzi and the Dominican friars
3. Giovanni Dominici and canon law
4. The Observant reform movement and the founding of San Marco
5. Antoninus the Counsellor
6. Archbishop of Florence, 1446–1459
7. Saint Antoninus and his posthumous influence

2. The Summa
Preamble. The written works of St Antoninus
1. The conception of the Summa
2. Textual witnesses: identifying the autograph manuscripts
3. The composition of the Summa
4. Conclusion: the Summa as Recollectorium

3. The Scholastic Tradition on Justice in Buying and Selling
Preamble. Antoninus’s authorities in the Summa as a whole
1. Introductory remarks
2. The Bible, Church fathers, and sacred canons via Peter Lombard and Gratian
3. Roman law via the Liber Extra and the decretalists
4. Aristotle via Thomas Aquinas: Aquinas’s synthesis
5. Postscript: Peter John Olivi via Bernardino of Siena

4. St Antoninus’s Teaching on Trade, Merchants, and Workers
Preamble. The business culture of renaissance Florence
1. Theology of work: Summa 3.8.1
2. Justice in buying and selling: Summa 2.1.16
3. Fraudulent practices, especially those known in Florence: Summa 2.1.17
4. Types of contracts: Summa 3.8.2
5. Exchange banking and other commercial transactions: Summa 3.8.3
6. The different sorts of workers and their vices: Summa 3.8.4
7. Purpose: preaching, hearing confessions, and consulting in the court of souls

Part 2: Latin Text and English Translation

Introduction to the Edition
Textual witnesses
Codicological descriptions
Editorial principles
Note on the translation 
Apparatus abbreviations

Edition and Translation
Antoninus Florentinus, Summa, 2.1.16
De fraudulentia per modum predicationis / On fraud, arranged for preaching
Antoninus Florentinus, Summa, 2.1.17
De uariis fraudibus que commictuntur in negotiando / On the various frauds which are committed in trading
Antoninus Florentinus, Summa, 3.8.1
De merchatoribus et artificibus per modum sermonis / On merchants and workers, arranged for a sermon
Antoninus Florentinus, Summa, 3.8.2
De diuersis generibus contractuum / On the various kinds of contracts 
Antoninus Florentinus, Summa, 3.8.3
De negotiatoribus et campsoribus / On traders and bankers
Antoninus Florentinus, Summa, 3.8.4
De diuersis generibus artificum / On the various kinds of workers

Bibliography
Pre-1600
Post-1600

Appendix 1. Recensions
1. Table of substantial additions to the first recension of 2.1.16
2. Table of substantial additions to the first recension of 2.1.17
3. First draft of 3.8.1 on M2 fol. 69r
4. Table of substantial additions to the first recension of 3.8.1
5. First draft of 3.8.2 on M2 fol. 114v–115r
6. Table of substantial additions to the first recension of 3.8.2
7. Table of substantial additions to the first recension of 3.8.3
8. Table of substantial additions to the first recension of 3.8.4

Appendix 2. Sources and parallel passages for 2.1.16
Summary
Table of sources and parallel passages

Appendix 3. Description of the hand A’s letter-forms