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Item Number: 106972
Title: Francesco di Marco Datini. The Man the Merchant
Author: Nigro, Giampiero (ed)
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9788884536426
Description: Firenze: Firenze University Press, Fondazione Istituto Internazionale di Storia Economica 'F. Datini', 2010. 24cm., pbk., 582pp., 191 illus., most in color. English text. Summary: The book is the result of specific investigations carried out by scholars who have been engaged for some time in studying the various issues addressed. It represents an updated overview of the figure of Francesco di Marco Datini as a man and as a merchant. Through the internal history of his system of companies and analysis of the historical debate of recent decades, the book reconstructs various fundamental aspects of the economy of the time. It proposes a rereading of the mentality of Tuscan merchants and the instruments adopted by them in the years around the turn of the fifteenth century. The book offers new elements and cues for reflection on the life of Francesco Datini, his family relations, his concept of wealth and the construction of the palazzo. Partial Contents: Giampiero Nigro "A Man amongst Men: Aspects of the Life and Character of Francesco di Marco Datini," Michele Cassandro "A Woman’s Work in a Man’s World. The Letters of Margherita Datini (1384-1410)," Carolyn James "Wealth and Material Things: The Merchant and His Wealth," Paola Pinelli "A Large and Beautiful House: The Merchant and Building," Simonetta Cavaciocchi "The Economics of Building," Simonetta Cavaciocchi "A Taste for Living," Simonetta Cavaciocchi "Francesco Datini and the Painters," Simonetta Cavaciocchi "A Merchant amongst Merchants: Francesco and the Datini Company of Florence in the Trading System," Roberto Greci "Francesco Datini and the City of Rome," etc. (Biblioteca di storia)
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