The Datini correspondence, available online as digital facsimiles, represents a privileged source for studying the late-medieval city. Using a selected set of letters, the paper analyses the city as a social and relational space, aiming to reconstruct mercantile practices, networks, and urban perceptions. It also considers how the access and the consultation features of Datini portal shape both the corpus selection and analytical possibilities, addressing a broader issue in digital archives, namely the gap between online accessibility and full scholarly usability of historical sources
Descrivere la città. Pratiche mercantili e spazi relazionali nell’Archivio Datini online: potenzialità e limiti di una risorsa digitale Describing the City. Mercantile Practices and Relational Spaces in the Datini Archive Online: Potentials and Limits of a Digital Resource
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2026-01-01
Abstract
The Datini correspondence, available online as digital facsimiles, represents a privileged source for studying the late-medieval city. Using a selected set of letters, the paper analyses the city as a social and relational space, aiming to reconstruct mercantile practices, networks, and urban perceptions. It also considers how the access and the consultation features of Datini portal shape both the corpus selection and analytical possibilities, addressing a broader issue in digital archives, namely the gap between online accessibility and full scholarly usability of historical sourcesFile in questo prodotto:
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