biography
pronunciation:
[lateenee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1220–c.94)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Florence, Tuscany, NC Italy. A Guelph, he was forced into temporary exile by the 1260 Ghibelline victory. There he wrote, in French, the encyclopaedic and very successful Li livres du Trésor. He also wrote, in Italian, La Rettorica, a popularization of Cicero's work, and the poems ‘Tesoretto’ and ‘Favolello’. |
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