The Resource Merchant writers : Florentine memoirs from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Vittore Branca ; translated by Murtha Baca ; with a biographical essay by Cesare De Michelis
Merchant writers : Florentine memoirs from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Vittore Branca ; translated by Murtha Baca ; with a biographical essay by Cesare De Michelis
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- Summary
- "The birthplace of Boccaccio, Machiavelli, and the powerful Medici family, Florence was also the first great banking and commercial centre of continental Europe. The city's middle-class merchants, though lacking the literary virtuosity of its most famous sons, were no less prolific as writers of account books, memoirs, and diaries. Written by ordinary men, these first-hand accounts of commercial life recorded the everyday realities of their businesses, families, and personal lives alongside the high drama of shipwrecks, plagues, and political conspiracies. Published in Italian in 1986, Vittore Branca's collection of these accounts established the importance of the genre to the study of Italian society and culture. 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."--
- Language
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- eng
- ita
- eng
- Extent
- x, 407 pages
- Note
- Translation of: Mercanti scrittori
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781442637146
- Label
- Merchant writers : Florentine memoirs from the Middle Ages and Renaissance
- Title
- Merchant writers
- Title remainder
- Florentine memoirs from the Middle Ages and Renaissance
- Statement of responsibility
- Vittore Branca ; translated by Murtha Baca ; with a biographical essay by Cesare De Michelis
- Language
-
- eng
- ita
- eng
- Summary
- "The birthplace of Boccaccio, Machiavelli, and the powerful Medici family, Florence was also the first great banking and commercial centre of continental Europe. The city's middle-class merchants, though lacking the literary virtuosity of its most famous sons, were no less prolific as writers of account books, memoirs, and diaries. Written by ordinary men, these first-hand accounts of commercial life recorded the everyday realities of their businesses, families, and personal lives alongside the high drama of shipwrecks, plagues, and political conspiracies. Published in Italian in 1986, Vittore Branca's collection of these accounts established the importance of the genre to the study of Italian society and culture. 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."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by Publisher
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- NLC
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Baca, Murtha
- Branca, Vittore
- Series statement
- Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian library
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Commerce
- Merchants
- Florence (Italy)
- Florence (Italy)
- Florence (Italy)
- Label
- Merchant writers : Florentine memoirs from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Vittore Branca ; translated by Murtha Baca ; with a biographical essay by Cesare De Michelis
- Note
- Translation of: Mercanti scrittori
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn907173896
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 407 pages
- Isbn
- 9781442637146
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)907173896
- Label
- Merchant writers : Florentine memoirs from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Vittore Branca ; translated by Murtha Baca ; with a biographical essay by Cesare De Michelis
- Note
- Translation of: Mercanti scrittori
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn907173896
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 407 pages
- Isbn
- 9781442637146
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)907173896
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