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Contents

Introduction (Giampiero Nigro, University of Florence)

A MAN AMONGST MEN

• Aspects of the life and character of Francesco di Marco Datini (Michele Cassandro, University of Siena)
• A Woman's Work in a Man's World. The Letters of Margherita Datini (1384-1410) (Carolyn James, Monash University Victoria)

WEALTH AND MATERIAL THINGS

• The merchant and his wealth (Giampiero Nigro, University of Firenze)
• What Francesco and his extended family ate (Maria Giagnacovo, University of Molise)
• What the rest ate (Paola Pinelli, University of Firenze)

A LARGE AND BEAUTIFUL HOUSE

• The merchant and building (Simonetta Cavaciocchi, Fondazione Datini)
• The economics of building (Simonetta Cavaciocchi, Fondazione Datini)
• A taste for living (Simonetta Cavaciocchi, Fondazione Datini)
• Francesco Datini and the painters (Simonetta Cavaciocchi, Fondazione Datini)

A MERCHANT AMONGST MERCHANTS

• Francesco and the Datini company of Florence in the commercial trading system (Giampiero Nigro, University of Firenze)
• Avignon: the beginnings (Luciana Frangioni, University of Molise)
• The Pisa company: a difficult political context (Marcello Berti, University of Pisa)
• The Genoa company: disappointed expectations (Maria Giagnacovo, University of Molise)
• The Catalonia company: an almost unexpected success (Angela Orlandi, University of Firenze)
• A man from Prato in the Maestrazgo. Tuccio di Gennaio, wool merchant (Angela Orlandi, University of Firenze)
• Lustreware of Valencia (Marco Spallanzani, University of Firenze)

BEYOND THE DATINI COMPANIES

• Trade with northern Europe (Francesco Guidi Bruscoli, University of Firenze)
• Milan "is a good land and the basis of our trade" (Luciana Frangioni, University of Molise)
• The Datini correspondence from Bologna, Ferrara and Parma (Roberto Greci, University of Parma)
• Francesco Datini and the city of Rome (Luciano Palermo, University of Roma Sapienza)
• Central and Southern Italy in the Datini system (Luciana Frangioni, University of Molise)

FRANCESCO DATINI: BANKER AND ENTREPRENEUR

• Francesco di Marco Datini's wool workshops (Francesco Ammannati, University of Firenze)
• The Banking Company (Giampiero Nigro, University of Firenze)