The Final Book of Giovanni Villani’s New Chronicle

Edited and translated by Rala Diakité Edited and translated by Matthew Sneider

Book cover: The Final Book of Giovanni Villani’s New Chronicle

Extent: 235 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: Research in Medieval Culture

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(April 2016)

ISBN: 9781580442176

6.14 x 9.21 inches

Price: $34.95

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The first full translation of the final book of Giovanni Villani’s important “Cronica Fiorentina” – includes introduction, annotations and index.


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.

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

  • Edited and translated by Rala Diakité
  • Edited and translated by Matthew Sneider