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)