Donato Velluti

Donato Velluti (born July 6, 1313 in Florence ; † 1370 ibid) was a Florentine politician and chronicler.

Life

Velluti was born in 1313 to one of the most influential noble families in Florence. The family originally came from Semifonte (near Poggibonsi ) and had achieved some prosperity in the second half of the 13th century through lucrative trade with branches in Paris and London, among others . After studying law in Bologna from 1329 to 1338 , Velluti returned to Florence and held various public offices before he was appointed Gonfaloniere di Giustizia , head of state of the Republic of Florence and commander-in-chief of the army, in 1351 . He held this post until his death in 1370.

From 1367 until his death, Velluti wrote La Cronica domestica , in which he describes the history of his family in three volumes.

Literature and Sources

• Velluti et al .: La cronica domestica di Messer Donato Velluti, scritta fra il 1367 e il 1370, con le addizioni di Paolo Velluti, steps fra il 1555 e il 1560 dai manoscritte originali per cura di Isidoro del Lungo e Guglielmo Volpi, con cinque tavole dimostrative e is facsimili. Sansoni, Florence 1914. ( online )
• Colette Gros: Velluti, Donato. From: Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle. Brill Online, accessed April 9, 2013 . 
• Ch. M. de La Ronciere: Une famille florentine au XIV siècle: les Velluti. From: G. Duby, J. Le Goff (eds.): Famille et parenté dans l'Occident médiéval. Actes du Colloque de Paris (6-8 June 1974) organized par l'Ecole pratique des hautes études (VI section) en collaboration with the Collège de France et l 'École Française de Rome. Self-published by the École Français de Rome, Paris / Rome 1977, pp. 227–248.