The Merchant of Prato: Francesco Di Marco Datini: Daily Life in a Medieval Italian City

The Merchant of Prato: Francesco Di Marco Datini: Daily Life in a Medieval Italian City

by IrisOrigo (Author)

Synopsis

Francesco di Marco Datini, the 14th-century Tuscan merchant who forms the subject of the Marchesa Origo's study, has now probably become the most intimately accessible figure of the later-Middle Ages. In 1870 the whole astonishing cache, containing some 150,000 letters and great numbers of business documents, came to light. The Marchesa Origo has drawn on this material to paint, in detail, a picture of Italian domestic life on the eve of the Renaissance.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 10 Dec 1992

ISBN 10: 0140172181
ISBN 13: 9780140172188

Author Bio
Iris Origo, the Marchesa Origo (1902-1988) was an American writer who lived in Italy. Her other books include Leopardi and The Last Attachment.