ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #TheMerchantOfPrato by #IrisOrigo. A look at the 14th century Italian merchant’s life and times.
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BOOK REVIEW: #TheMerchantOfPrato by #IrisOrigo. A look at the 14th century Italian merchant’s life and times.
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#EuropeanNonfiction
#FlorenceItaly
#ItalianHistory
#Italy
#PratoItaly
#Renaissance
“In #youth a man was ruled by his #senses; in his #prime by #Mammon; in #OldAge he turned to #God.” #TheMerchantOfPrato by @IrisOrigo #quote
“One phrase had always headed his #ledgers :’In the name of #God and of #profit’, but after the age of 60 and for many years more (for he lived until over 75) it was the name of God that predominated.” #quote #AmReading #TheMerchantOfPrato
“In youth a man was ruled by his senses; in his prime by #Mammon; in old age by #God.” #quote #TheMerchantOfPrato #AmReading
