The Merchant of Prato: Daily Life in a Medieval Italian City
Iris Origo
ISBN 10: 0140172181 ISBN 13: 9780140172188
Editorial: Penguin UK, 1992
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Softcover
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Bookbot, Prague, Republica Checa
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Descripción:
Abnutzung / Risse - leicht; Gebrochener Buchrücken / Seiten oder Softcover umgeknickt; Vergilbt / ausgeblichen. 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. N° de ref. del artículo 463be90d-3866-438c-b827-3cbd4fba9089
Sinopsis:
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.
Acerca del autor: Iris Origo, the Marchesa Origo (1902-1988) was an American writer who lived in Italy. Her other books include Leopardi and The Last Attachment.
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Detalles bibliográficos
Título: The Merchant of Prato: Daily Life in a ...
Editorial: Penguin UK
Año de publicación: 1992
Encuadernación: Softcover
Condición: Fine