{"product_id":"jacopo-da-varagines-chronicle-of-the-city-of-genoa-9781526164391","title":"Jacopo Da Varagine's Chronicle of the City of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers the first English translation of the \u003ci\u003eChronicle of the city of Genoa \u003c\/i\u003eby the thirteenth-century Dominican Jacopo da Varagine, an author best known for his monumental book of saints’ lives, the\u003ci\u003e Golden legend\u003c\/i\u003e. Jacopo’s \u003ci\u003eChronicle\u003c\/i\u003e presents a coherent vision of Genoa’s place in history, the cosmos and Creation as written by the city’s own archbishop – mixing eyewitness accounts with scholarly research about the city’s origins and didactic reflections on the proper conduct of public and private life. Accompanied by an extensive introduction, this complete translation provides a unique perspective on a dynamic medieval city-state from one of its most important officials, broadening the available literature in English on medieval Italian urban life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Carrie Bene?s’s translation of the \u003ci\u003eChronica Civitatis Ianuensis ab origine urbis usque ad annum MCCXCVII\u003c\/i\u003e makes accessible to an English audience a valuable first hand account of a major Mediterranean trading center by a leading churchman…Bene?s’s scholarship shows singular purpose and ambition of great value to Mediterranean studies.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpeculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies volume 98, number 1\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eJacopo da Varagine, \u003ci\u003eChronicle of the city of Genoa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003ePart one: On the foundation of Genoa\u003cbr\u003ePart two: On the early history of Genoa\u003cbr\u003ePart three: On the name of Genoa\u003cbr\u003ePart four: On the Christianisation of Genoa\u003cbr\u003ePart five: On the growth of the city\u003cbr\u003ePart six: On government\u003cbr\u003ePart seven: On rulers\u003cbr\u003ePart eight: On citizenship\u003cbr\u003ePart nine: On domestic life\u003cbr\u003ePart ten: On the Genoese church\u003cbr\u003ePart eleven: The history of Genoa under the bishops\u003cbr\u003ePart twelve: The history of Genoa under the archbishops\u003cbr\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041031094615,"sku":"9781526164391","price":19.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526164391.jpg?v=1750948672","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/jacopo-da-varagines-chronicle-of-the-city-of-genoa-9781526164391","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}