The Final Book of Giovanni Villani's New Chronicle

By: Rala Diakite

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 158044217X
• ISBN13: 9781580442176
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.4"