... cities, and even in eastern countries. Other textile experts purchased inferior cloth from northern cities and refinished it to create a superior product. Because Florence was not a port city like Venice, sea trade was not a primary source of its income. Banking, however, was. Many families of Florence, beginning in the thirteenth century, were successful bankers. The Florentine gold coin known as the ... Renaissance is more than a phenomenon confined to artists of color in a few square miles of Manhattan. It is an historical moment of global significance, with links to Africa, Europe, ...

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... macrocosm: God is not a sole existence but a prevalent force. This occurrence is especially evident in the enchanted way that Hurston characterizes nature. At many different times, the sun, moon, sky, sea, horizon, and other demeanor of the natural world appear addicted with sanctity. The "God- in the title pertains to these unearthly forces throughout the globe, both magical and frightful, that ... inner self is always present, as the novel espouses a worldview rooted in folklore and mythology. As an anthropologist, Hurston collected rural mythology and folklore of blacks in America an...

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