Uniform Title Mercanti scrittori. English. Title Merchant writers : Florentine memoirs from the Middle Ages and Renaissance / Vittore Branca ; translated by Murtha Baca ; with a biographical essay by Cesare De Michelis

Published Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Series Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian library series Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library. Contents Book of good practices / Paolo Da Certaldo -- Memoirs / Giovanni di Paolo Morelli -- Memoirs / Bonaccorso Pitti -- Mirror of humanity / Domenico Lenzi the Grain Merchant -- Memoirs / Donato Velluti -- Secret book / Goro Dati -- Last will and testament / Francesco Datini -- Book of family affairs / Lapo Di Giovanni Niccolo De' Sirigatti -- Memoirs / Bernardo Machiavelli -- Appendix: A portrait of Vittore Branca / Cesare De Michelis Summary This new English translation of Merchant Writers includes all the texts from the original Italian edition in their entirety. Moreover, it offers a gripping personal introduction to the mercantile world of medieval and Renaissance Florence Notes Translation of: Mercanti scrittori Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Commerce -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500. Merchants -- Italy -- Florence -- Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. HISTORY -- Renaissance. Commerce Commerce -- Medieval Manners and customs Merchants SUBJECT Florence (Italy) -- Social life and customs Florence (Italy) -- Commerce -- History Florence (Italy) -- Biography Subject Italy -- Florence Genre/Form collective biographies. Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book Author Baca, Murtha, translator. Branca, Vittore, editor. ISBN 9781442624832 1442624833

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