Villani's Chronicle: Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni VillaniVillani, Giovanni
History
Villani's Chronicle: Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani
Villani, Giovanni
Florence (Italy) -- History
Sec. 52.--_How the Emperor Henry died at Bonconvento,
in the country of Siena_ 424
Sec. 53.--_Relates how, when the Emperor was dead, his
host was divided, and the barons carried his body
to the city of Pisa_ 425
Sec. 56.--_How the Florentines gave the lordship of Florence
to King Robert for five years_ 426
Sec. 59.--_Of the death of Pope Clement_ 427
Sec. 63.--_How the Paduans were discomfited at Vicenza by
M. Cane della Scala_ 428
Sec. 66.--_Of the death of Philip, king of France, and of
his sons_ 428
Sec. 70.--_How Uguccione, lord of Lucca and of Pisa, laid
siege to the castle of Montecatini_ 430
Sec. 71.--_How, when the prince of Taranto was come to
Florence, the Florentines sallied forth with their
army to succour Montecatini, and were defeated by
Uguccione della Faggiuola_ 431
Sec. 72.--_More about the said battle and defeat of the
Florentines and of the prince_ 432
Sec. 81.--_Of the election of Pope John XXII._ 434
Sec. 86.--_How Uguccione da Faggiuola sought to re-enter
Pisa, and what came of it in Pisa, and of the
Marquis Spinetta_ 436
Sec. 87.--_How the Ghibelline party left Genoa_ 437
Sec. 89.--_How M. Cane della Scala led an army against
the Paduans, and took many castles from them_ 438
Sec. 90.--_How the exiles from Genoa with the force of the
Ghibellines of Lombardy besieged Genoa_ 438
Sec. 92.--_How the exiles from Genoa took the suburbs of Prea_ 439
Sec. 93.--_How King Robert came by sea to succour Genoa_ 440
Sec. 94.--_How the Genoese gave the lordship of Genoa to
King Robert_ 441
Sec. 95.--_Of the active war which the exiles of Genoa with
the Lombards made against King Robert_ 442
Sec. 97.--_How King Robert's followers discomfited the
exiles from Genoa at the village of Sesto, and how
they departed from the siege of the city_ 443
Sec. 99.--_How the exiles from Genoa with the Lombards
returned to the siege of Genoa_ 444
Sec. 100.--_How M. Cane della Scala took the suburbs of Padua_ 445
Sec. 121.--_How M. Cane della Scala, being at the siege of
Padua, was defeated by the Paduans and by the
count of Goertz_ 446
Sec. 136.--_Concerning the poet Dante Alighieri of Florence_ 448
INTRODUCTION
Sec. 1. _The Text._
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