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rebuilder on Jan 10, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still...

Certainly there are a good number of formerly rich, now poor or extinct families. It's practically a cliché of nobility.

bryanrasmussen on Jan 11, 2019 [–]

yes, it seems likely, even 'certain' but as I understand it also seems not to have been verified using data in this case? I like my certainties verified.

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