Agnolo di Tura

Agnolo di Tura (14th century) was a chronicler from Siena, Italy. He was also a shoemaker and tax collector. He married a woman named Nicoluccia, who was of a higher class than he was. He was the editor of Andrea Dei's Cronica Sanese from the years 1329 to 1351, where he mainly recorded domestic memories. Together, Agnolo and Nicoluccia had five children. During the time of the Black Death which arrived in Siena in May 1348, Nicoluccia and all five children died. Agnolo di Tura survived the Black Death and remarried.

As a survivor of the Black Plague, he wrote:

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