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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Branca, Vittore, author.

Contributor:

Baca, Murtha, translator.

De Michelis, Cesare, writer of supplementary textual content.

Series:

Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library.

Lorenzo da Ponte Italian Library

Standardized Title:

Mercanti scrittori. English.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commerce--History--Medieval, 500-1500.

Commerce.

Merchants--Italy--Florence--Biography.

Merchants.

Florence (Italy)--Social life and customs.

Florence (Italy).

Florence (Italy)--Commerce--History.

Florence (Italy)--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

collective biographies.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (418 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

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.

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.

Notes:

Translation of: Mercanti scrittori.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4426-2484-1

1-4426-2483-3

OCLC:

939273495