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Eleventh and Twelfth Books of Giovanni Villani's "New Chronicle" / Giovanni Villani, Rala Diakite, Matthew Thomas Sneider.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Villani, Giovanni, author.
- Series:
- Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture.
- Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
- Standardized Title:
- Croniche. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Florence (Italy)--History.
- Florence (Italy).
- Villani, Giovanni, approximately 1275-1348.
- Villani, Giovanni.
- Genre:
- Sources
- History
- Early works
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (487 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : De Gruyter, 2022.
- Summary:
- Giovanni Villani's New Chronicle traces the history of Europe, Italy, and Florence over a vast sweep of time - from the Tower of Babel to the great earthquake of 1348. In the eleventh and twelfth books, Villani depicts a particularly eventful period in the history of Florence, whose grandeur is illustrated in several famous chapters describing the city's income, expenses, and magnificence. The dramatic account follows Florence's internal affairs as well as its conflicts with powerful lords like Castruccio Castracani and Mastino della Scala. The chronicler's perspective, however, ranges beyond his city, as he documents such events as the imperial coronation of Louis of Bavaria, the penitential pilgrimage of Venturino da Bergamo, and the first campaigns of the Hundred Year's War.
- Contents:
- Historical Introduction
- The Transmission of Villani's Nuova Cronica : Manuscripts, Rewritings, and Print
- Notes on the Translation
- The Eleventh and Twelfth Books of Giovanni Villani's New Chronicle.
- Notes:
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (De Gruyter, viewed November 19, 2022).
- Includes index.
- Current Copyright Fee: GBP0.00 0.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-447) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781501514265
- 1501514261
- 9781501514081
- 1501514083
- OCLC:
- 1301549972
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