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. 50.--_Of the death of Pope Gregory, and of three other
Popes after him_ 258
Sec. 54.--_How Nicholas III., of the Orsini, was made
Pope, and concerning that which he did in his time_ 261
Sec. 56.--_How the Cardinal Latino, by the Pope's command,
made peace between the Guelfs and Ghibellines
of Florence, and composed all the other feuds
in the city_ 263
Sec. 61.--_How and after what manner the island of Sicily
rebelled against King Charles_ 267
Sec. 79.--_How the Office of Priors was first created in
Florence_ 269
Sec. 81.--_How M. Jean d'Appia, count of Romagna, was
defeated at Forli by the count of Montefeltro_ 272
Sec. 95.--_How the good King Charles passed from this life
at the city of Foggia in Apulia_ 274
Sec. 105.--_How the king of France departed from Aragon,
and died at Perpignan_ 277
Sec. 114.--_Of a notable thing which came to pass in Florence
at this time_ 279
Sec. 121.--_How the judge of Gallura and the Guelf party
were driven from Pisa, and the Count Ugolino
taken prisoner_ 280
Sec. 128.--_How the Pisans chose for captain the count of
Montefeltro, and how they starved to death Count
Ugolino and his sons and grandsons_ 283
Sec. 130.--_Of the coronation of King Charles II., and how
he passed through Florence, and left Messer Amerigo
di Nerbona as captain of war for the Florentines_ 284
Sec. 131.--_How the Florentines defeated the Aretines at
Certomondo in Casentino_ 286
Sec. 132.--_How the Florentines besieged the city of Arezzo,
and laid waste the region round about_ 291
Sec. 145.--_How the soldan of Babylon conquered by force
the city of Acre, to the great hurt of the Christians_ 294
Sec. 146.--_Of the death of King Rudolf of Germany_ 298
Sec. 149.--_How the city of Forli in Romagna was taken
by Maghinardo da Susinana_ 298
BOOK VIII.
_Here begins the Eighth Book. It tells how the second Popolo
arose in the city of Florence, and of many great changes
which by reason thereof came afterwards to pass in Florence,
following on with the other events of those times._
Sec. 1. 301
Sec. 5.--_How Celestine V. was elected and made Pope, and
how he renounced the papacy_ 304
Sec. 6.--_How Boniface VIII. was elected and made Pope_ 306
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