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. 40.--_Of the ensign of the Romans and of the Emperors,
and how from them it came to the city of Florence
and other cities_ 31
Sec. 42.--_How the Temple of Mars, which is now called
the Duomo of S. Giovanni, was built in Florence_ 32
Sec. 50.--_Of the city of Luni_ 34
Sec. 57.--_The story returns to the doings of the city of
Florence, and how S. Miniato there suffered martyrdom
under Decius, the Emperor_ 35
Sec. 59.--_Of Constantine the Emperor, and his descendants,
and the changes which came thereof in Italy_ 38
Sec. 60.--_How the Christian faith first came to Florence_ 39
BOOK II.
Sec. 1.--_Here begins the Second Book: how the city of
Florence was destroyed by Totila, the scourge of
God, king of the Goths and Vandals_ 43
Sec. 2.--_How Totila caused the city of Fiesole to be rebuilt_ 47
Sec. 4.--_How the Goths remained lords of Italy after the
death of Totila_ 47
Sec. 10.--_How Charles Martel came from France to Italy
at the summons of the Church against the Lombards;
and of the origin of the city of Siena_ 48
Sec. 12.--_How Telofre [Astolf], king of the Lombards,
persecuted Holy Church, and how King Pepin, at
the summons of Pope Stephen, came from France
and defeated him, and took him prisoner_ 49
Sec. 13.--_How Desiderius, son of Telofre, began war again
with Holy Church, for the which thing Charles the
Great passed into Italy, and defeated him, and took
away and destroyed the lordship of the Lombards_ 51
Sec. 15.--_How Charles the Great, king of France, was
made Emperor of Rome_ 54
Sec. 21.--_How the city of Florence lay waste and in ruins
for 350 years_ 56
BOOK III.
_Goes back somewhat to tell how the city of Florence was
rebuilt by the power of Charles the Great and the Romans._
Sec. 1. 59
Sec. 2.--_Of the form and size in which the city of Florence
was rebuilt_ 62
Sec. 3.--_How Charles the Great came to Florence, and
granted privileges to the city, and caused Santo
Apostolo to be built_ 65
BOOK IV.
Sec. 2.--_Of the Emperor Otho III., and the Marquis
Hugh, which built the Badia at Florence_ 69
Sec. 4.--_Of the progeny of the Kings of France, which descended
from Hugh Capet_ 71
Sec. 6.--_How in the time of the said Henry, the Florentines
took the city of Fiesole, and destroyed it_ 71
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