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Matteo di Marco Palmieri entered the world in 1406 within a middle-class family that held prominent positions in Florence. He received his education entirely within the city walls of Florence before establishing himself as an apothecary.
The work circulated between 1435 and 1440 but remained unpublished until 1528 when it finally appeared in print. The treatise took shape during the plague year of 1430 inside a country house located in Mugello.
Church officials labeled his three-book poem Città di vita heretical after it was printed following his death. They removed his body from the Church of San Pier Maggiore where he had been buried and burned an effigy representing him as part of this posthumous punishment.
Matteo wrote several works in Latin including Liber de temporibus which serves as a universal chronicle from creation to his present day. He also authored De captivitate liber detailing the Florentine capture of Pisa in 1406.
Florence sent Matteo Palmieri as ambassador to the court of Alfonso I of Naples during his diplomatic career. His service extended beyond local duties to include broader roles within Florentine civil administration between 1432 and 1475.