One of the most useful books dealing with Italian social history! This unique volume offers readers a glimpse into the private lives of two Florentine businessmen during the late fourteenth century. A translated, abridged version of the personal chronicles of Buonaccorso Pitti and Gregorio Dati forms the body of this collection; the editor's useful introduction ("Florentine Diaries and Diarists") and footnotes provide relevant background information and textual explanations. These two men, whose lifetimes spanned nearly identical periods, were witnesses to one of the most creative half- centuries in Florentine history. As representatives of Florence's governing class, their memoirs (a common literary form in Renaissance Florence) provide important insights into characteristic features of Florentine business activity and political experience.
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Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: Alberti (trans. Watkins), The Family in Renaissance, Books One through Four (ISBN 9781577663355); Alberti (trans. Watkins), The Family in Renaissance Florence, Book Three: I Libri Della Famiglia (ISBN 9780881338218); and Wilcox, In Search of God and Self: Renaissance and Reformation Thought (ISBN 9780881332766).
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This review is from: Two Memoirs of Renaissance Florence: The Diaries of Buonaccorso Pitti and Gregorio Dati (Paperback)
The Buonaccorso Pitti diary gives a remarkable view into the day-to-day life of Tuscan nobility. It is even more amazing when one considers the subsequent history of his descendents, the house of Buonaccorsi di Pistoia.
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Dati the much married merchant,
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If readers find Pitti's memoir rambling and not very Florentine in its focus, they should turn instead to the revealing record book of Gregorio Dati, a Florentine merchant with multiple business ventures, wives, children, political offices, encounters with the plague, religious musings. An amazing and very important primary source for early 15th century Italian life. Try counting the wives, children and funerals.
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Fast delivery and book in great condition! This is a great book to read it gives great insight to the people of the time period.
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THE memoirs of Buonaccorso Pitti and Gregorio Dati are notable examples of a common literary form in Renaissance Florence. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gold scudos, gold florins, ooo florins, gold francs, ooo ducats Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Duke of Milan, King Ladislaus, Messer Filippo, Duke of Orleans, Ser Parente, King Louis, Our Lord, King of France, Messer Luca, Ser Giuliano, Lord of Lucca, Messer Bartolomeo, Messer Rinaldo Gianfigliazzi, Commune of Florence, Duke of Burgundy, Father General, Messer Maso, Messer Piero, Pope John, Count of Savoy, Messer Gualterotto, Monna Veronica, Twelve Good Men, Commune of Montepulciano, Giovanni Stefani New!
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