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Giovanni Villani's New Chronicle traces the history of Florence, Italy, and Europe over a vast sweep of time - from the destruction of the Tower of Babel to the outbreak of the Black Death. This final book, which covers one of the most dramatic periods of the early fourteenth century, is a narrative of transformation, of crisis, in which the author, like many of his contemporaries in the mid-fourteenth century, perceives the punishing hand of God. At the same time, this book, composed by Villani as events were unfolding, reveals - in its attention to detail, in its attempted impartiality, in its desire to make sense of events rather than simply document them - the glimmers of a new historical sensibility.

Table of Contents
Introduction I: The Chronicler
Intoduction II: The Chronicler's World
Notes on the Translation
The New Chronicle
Bibliography
Index

The Final Book of Giovanni Villani's New

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      Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/04/2016
      ISBN13: 9781580442176, 978-1580442176
      ISBN10: 158044217X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Giovanni Villani's New Chronicle traces the history of Florence, Italy, and Europe over a vast sweep of time - from the destruction of the Tower of Babel to the outbreak of the Black Death. This final book, which covers one of the most dramatic periods of the early fourteenth century, is a narrative of transformation, of crisis, in which the author, like many of his contemporaries in the mid-fourteenth century, perceives the punishing hand of God. At the same time, this book, composed by Villani as events were unfolding, reveals - in its attention to detail, in its attempted impartiality, in its desire to make sense of events rather than simply document them - the glimmers of a new historical sensibility.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction I: The Chronicler
      Intoduction II: The Chronicler's World
      Notes on the Translation
      The New Chronicle
      Bibliography
      Index

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