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 commonplace-book style archive
improved translations added often
collaborative historical work
reader-supported project
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Welcome to Age of Datini
This site is a growing collection of everyday objects, crafts, texts, and documentary evidence from late medieval Italy. It is not meant as a glossy publication so much as a scrapbook or scholarly commonplace book for people interested in the real stuff of daily life between 1360 and 1410.
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What You Will Find Here
 A catalog of artefacts and ordinary objects from medieval households, workshops, and wardrobes, with historical evidence when available.
Essays on material culture, crafts, clothing, tools, foodways, and the texture of late 14th century life.
Primary sources in original languages together with translations from medieval documents.
A collaborative place for researchers and reconstruction projects to compare notes and locate evidence.
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Main Sections
Artefacts
Catalog of medieval objects with historical evidence.
Essays
Scholarly articles on medieval material culture.
Sources
Original documents and translations.
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Further Reading
Bibliography
Books, databases, and articles cited on the site.
Newsletter
Calls for sources and community research requests.
Support the Site
Funded entirely by reader donations.
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About This Project
Age of Datini has been compiled over many years and is continually revised as better readings and translations are found. The aim is to gather scattered references into one useful Web resource for students, reenactors, craftspeople, and historians. If you have references, corrections, or related research, your notes are welcome. This page also accepts WebMentions and keeps a carefully chosen blogroll of medieval history researchers across the World Wide Web.
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Why This Site Matters
Too often, history pages only show kings, battles, and grand events. Age of Datini looks instead at the material facts of life: shoes, bowls, belts, cloth, writing tools, household goods, workshop practice, and documentary traces left in account books and letters. That makes this site especially useful for anyone trying to understand how people actually lived.
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Links
 http://ageofdatini.info/artefacts.html
http://ageofdatini.info/essays.html
http://ageofdatini.info/sources.html
http://www.ageofdatini.info/bibliographies.html
http://ageofdatini.info/vocationes.html
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