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Villani's Chronicle

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Original author: Giovanni Villani

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"Villani's Chronicle" by Giovanni Villani is a 14th-century history of Florence written between 1300 and 1348. Inspired by Rome's first Jubilee, Villani chronicles his city's origins and development through detailed year-by-year accounts. The work documents building projects, population statistics, commerce, disasters, and pivotal battles between Guelphs and Ghibellines. His chronicle blends medieval reliance on divine providence with a modernistic statistical approach, continuing until the Black Death claimed his life in 1348.

Villani's Chronicle, by Giovanni Villani. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #33022.

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31 Chapters

  1. 1.Book I498 words
  2. 2.Book II229 words
  3. 3.Book IV267 words
  4. 4.Book V300 words
  5. 5.Book VI688 words
  6. 6.Book VII749 words
  7. 7.Book VIII636 words
  8. 8.Book IX765 words
  9. 9.Introduction: Sec. 1. The Text6,523 words
  10. 10.Book I (1)8,293 words
  11. 11.Book I (2)4,438 words
  12. 12.Book II4,486 words
  13. 13.Book III2,870 words
  14. 14.Book IV: Sidenote: 955 A.D9,463 words
  15. 15.Book V: Sidenote: 1154 A.D7,666 words
  16. 16.Book VI: Sidenote: 1220 A.D (1)8,417 words
  1. 17.Book VI: Sidenote: 1220 A.D (2)8,910 words
  2. 18.Book VI: Sidenote: 1220 A.D (3)4,186 words
  3. 19.Book VII: Sidenote: 1264 A.D (1)8,673 words
  4. 20.Book VII: Sidenote: 1264 A.D (2)8,780 words
  5. 21.Book VII: Sidenote: 1264 A.D (3)8,786 words
  6. 22.Book VII: Sidenote: 1264 A.D (4)5,179 words
  7. 23.Book VIII (1)8,745 words
  8. 24.Book VIII (2)8,418 words
  9. 25.Book VIII (3)8,209 words
  10. 26.Book VIII (4)3,102 words
  11. 27.Book IX (1)8,859 words
  12. 28.Book IX (2)8,766 words
  13. 29.Book IX (3)1,376 words
  14. 30.Book IV66 words
  15. 31.Book II215 words