A Florentine merchant’s visit to Canterbury Cathedral in 1444
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11892250 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eugenio Sidoli (Independent scholar, Rome, Italy), Margherita Palumbo (Formerly Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome, Italy, corresponding author), Parkin (0000-0003-1621-0945, Western Heritage Collections, The British Library, London, UK), Stephen Parkin |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 572-595 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-19 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Medieval History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-4181 • E-ISSN: 1873-1279 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03044181.2020.1828149 |
| OpenAlex | W3093648963 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The article presents a hitherto unpublished text in Italian narrating a voyage to England and Flanders on board a galley undertaken in November 1444 by the Florentine merchant Mariano Ughi, which forms part of a quadernetto or ledger currently in an Italian private collection. The ledger is divided into two parts: the first contains accounts and information on Ughi’s business activity and network of contacts among the Florentine community of traders and bankers. The second, a diary, describes the towns and cities, monuments and pilgrimage sites he visited during the various stopovers. The core of the diary is dedicated to Ughi’s visit to the shrine of St Thomas Becket, in Christ Church Cathedral at Canterbury, with a detailed account which significantly contributes to our knowledge of the church and shrine in the mid fifteenth century, while revealing at the same time the pious practices of a contemporary merchant
Ancient history · Art · Business · Fifteenth · Genealogy · Ledger · Pilgrimage · Classics · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · Historical Studies on Spain · History
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |