Census and property survey of Florentine domains and the city of Verona in the fifteenth century ltaly

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This site provides access to the data, setup, and documentation files for the Census and Property Survey for Florentine Domains and the City of Verona in Fifteenth Century Italy, also known as the Catasto study.

The data were coded, during 1966 to 1976, from the official manuscripts of the tax declarations (Campioni) for the city of Florence and environs (Florentine domains) from 1427 to 1429, the 10% samples of the declarations for Florence in 1458 and 1480 and for the city of Verona in 1425 and 1502. Parts of the 1425 survey have been lost. Therefore, the data set includes only those households and parishes for which records have survived. The survey of 1502 is also incomplete as it includes only those parishes which are included in the earlier survey.

The survey consists of data on the fiscal household as defined by the government for the purpose of collecting the tax. For each household, the survey assigns one person as the 'fiscal head', the individual primarily responsible for collecting the tax. Data for the entire household include: name of fiscal head, type of dwelling, animal ownership, occupation of fiscal head, value of public and private investments, deductions, possessions, members, final assessments and tax. Data on individual members include: age, sex, matrimonial state, relationship to fiscal head, and commentary.