Benedetto Dei
Benedetto Dei (1418–1492) was an Italian poet and historian. He spent the majority of his life in Florence, where he was an adjutant to the Medici and to the Portinari, a merchant house. Dei's most significant work was his chronicle of Florentine art, culture, and money, The Chronicle of the Years 1400 to 1500.
Benedetto Dei
- Born
- Benedetto Dei was born on 4 March 1418. · Florence.
- Died
- Benedetto Dei died on 28 August 1492. · Florence.
- Nationality
- Republic of Florence
- Occupation
- historian · merchant · poet
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Benedetto Dei (1418–1492) was an Italian poet and historian. He spent the majority of his life in Florence, where he was an adjutant to the Medici and to the Portinari, a merchant house. Dei's most significant work was his chronicle of Florentine art, culture, and money, The Chronicle of the Years 1400 to 1500.
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The book is an exhaustive classification of virtually everyone of note in the city at the time, and remains a key resource for research in Florentine history. He was also a significant member of several intellectual circles, and a number of his letters to and from prominent figures in Florence and throughout northern Italy survive. Dei also travelled extensively, drumming up trade for the Florentine mercantile houses. Besides business trips to England, Germany, and France, Dei spent time in the Middle East and Africa; he writes in his chronicle and in letters of visits to Beirut, Jerusalem, Carthage, Sfax, Oran, and Timbuktu, among others.
Benedetto Dei is recorded as a citizen of Republic of Florence. Recorded with the occupation historian. Recorded with the occupation merchant. Recorded with the occupation poet.
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1418
Benedetto Dei was born on 4 March 1418.
1492
Benedetto Dei died on 28 August 1492.
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Benedetto Dei was born at Florence.
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Benedetto Dei died at Florence.
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- 1.Brion, Marcel. Leonardo de Vinci: La encarnación del genio. 84-666-0970-9.
- 2.R.H. Shamsuddín Elía. Ornamentos y decoración del arte islámico.
- 3.www.nuovorinascimento.org. Analisi del sonetto. In principio era buio, e buio fia di Luigi Pulci.
- 4.Infelise, Mario. El origen de las gacetas.
- 5.Las primeras "descobertas" africanas en tiempos de Don Enrique "El Navegante".
- 6.Herrmann, Paul. Conquest by Man.
- 7.www.uni-saarland.de. Neuerwerbungen des Historischen Instituts des Universität des Saarlandes. Juli - Dezember 2006.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
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