MAIASP. 2022. No. 14 V.A. Evstiunin ( Tuscan merchants in Caffa at the end of the 14th century (based on the materials from Datini’s archive) DOI: 10.53737/2713-2021.2022.88.33.015 Access this
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The article presents the results of studying
the ego-documents of two Tuscan merchants, Rosso di Strozza degli
Strozzi and Lapaccio di Jacopo, who were the trade agents of Francesco Datini and acted in Caffa at
the end of the 14th century. A new transliteration is given
containing some amendments to the previous reading of Paola Massa, as well as
a new Russian translation of Strozza’s and Jacopo’s
letters originally written in Tuscan volgare. The aim of the study was to obtain new
information about the assessment by Tuscan merchants of the prospects for
trade in the |
Key words: Tuscan merchants, Caffa, Feodosia, The
Northern Black Sea Region in the Middle Ages, Mediterranean trade in the
fourteenth century, Datini’s archive,
ego-documents, microhistory, digital history. |
Received
January 16, 2022 Accepted
for publication January 30, 2022 |
About the author: Evstiunin Vladislav Anatolyevich ( E-mail: vinnetski@gmail.com.
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