Early Renaissance Florence in the 1390s

Timeline

1. 1391–1394Florence · TuscanyThe Albizzi family dominated Florentine governance, ruling oligarchically while maintaining the forms of republican institutions, suppressing popular factions, and thereby providing the political precondition for a stable commercial environment and patronage of cultural endeavors.
2. 1394–1398Florence · TuscanyFigures such as Salutati promoted the study of classical Latin and civic humanism; the University of Florence and private studies became scholarly centers, and the collection and translation of classical texts accumulated momentum for the intellectual transformation of the Renaissance.
3. 1398–1400Florence Cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore) · TuscanyThe major guilds and wealthy merchants continued to fund the decoration of churches and public buildings, sculpture and painting workshops flourished, and the competitive artistic atmosphere of the century's end (such as the later competition for the Baptistery bronze doors) was already taking shape in guild institutions and aesthetic standards.