Human Circus: Journeys in the Medieval World

Brancacci's Mission 1: From Florence to Cairo

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In 1422, Felice Brancacci set out from Florence to establish trading relations with Mamluk Egypt, and to advocate for his city's currency. This is that story, part one of two.

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Sources:

  • Florence's Embassy to the Sultan of Egypt, translated by Mahnaz Yousefzadeh. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
  • Behrens-Abouseif, Doris. Practising Diplomacy in the Mamluk Sultanate: Gifts and Material Culture in the Medieval Islamic World. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014.
  • Goldthwaite, Richard A. The Economy of Renaissance Florence. JHU Press, 2009.
  • Najemy, John M. A History of Florence, 1200-1575. John Wiley & Sons, 2008.

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