They were not allowed to wear buttons or ermine. If their hair was too dark, they dyed it or wore a wig of white or yellow silk. #4 The wives of Florentine merchants were famous for their lavish clothes, their elegance, and their pale skin. The stone houses of the well-to-do still presented a severe, even forbidding appearance to the street, but behind the glazed and curtained windows, the rooms were often carpeted, painted, and hung with tapestries. : Rise And Fall Of The House Of Medici (9780140050905) by Hibbert, Christopher and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. #3 The Florentine people were known for their frugality, but they had become more extravagant in recent years. Christopher Hibbert, MC, FRSL, FRGS (5 March 1924 - 21 December 2008) was an English writer, historian and biographer. The House of Medici, written by the renowned historian Christopher Hibbert, is a remarkable account about the meteoric rise and calamitous fall of one of Florences most powerful and influential families: the Medici. The area around the Orsanmichele, the communal granary, was the bankers' district in summer. #2 The city was very congested around the stone bridge, the Ponte Vecchio, which spanned the Arno at its narrowest point.

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