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Caroline M. Fisher, « Guardianship and the rise of the Fiorentine State, 1368-93 », Publications de l'École Française de Rome (documents), ID : 10670/1.ecewbu
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Around the turn of the fifteenth century, the Florentine government established a number of offices that intervened in traditional familial prerogatives. Historians associate these offices with the growth of the Florentine state. One such office, the « Ufficiali dei Pupilli », served as guardian for Florentine orphans, but, unlike most contemporary offices, it originated from citizen pressure rather than from government initiative. This article examines why families turned to public guardians and shows that most invited the government into their affairs as a last resort. They also determined the scope of public guardians' authority over their lives. The history of public guardianship in Florence demonstrates that state-building could be shaped as much by citizens as by their governors.