Chronicling History

Chroniclers and Historians in Medieval and Renaissance Italy

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

AvSharon Dale,Alison Williams Lewin,Duane J. Osheim,Sharon (Associate Professor of Art History) Dale,Alison Williams (Associate Professor of History) Lewin,Duane J. (Professor of History) Osheim

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Literally thousands of annals, chronicles, and histories were produced in Italy during the Middle Ages, ranging from fragments to polished humanist treatises. This book is composed of a set of case studies exploring the kinds of historical writing most characteristic of the period. We might expect a typical medieval chronicler to be a monk or cleric, but the chroniclers of communal and Renaissance Italy were overwhelmingly secular. Many were jurists or notaries whose professions granted them access to political institutions and public debate. The mix of the anecdotal and the cosmic, of portents and politics, makes these writers engaging to read. While chroniclers may have had different reasons to write and often very different points of view, they shared the belief that knowing the past might explain the present. Moreover, their audiences usually shared the worldview and civic identity of the historians, so these texts are glimpses into deeper cultural and intellectual contexts. Seen more broadly, chronicles are far more entertaining and informative than narratives. They become part of the very history they are describing.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-01-15
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt499 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor352
FörlagPennsylvania State University Press
ISBN9780271032269

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ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1.Lombard City Annals and the Social and Cultural History of Northern ItalyEdward Coleman2.History Writing in the Twelfth-Century Kingdom of SicilyGraham A. Loud3.The Genoese Civic Annals: Caffaro and His ContinuatorsJohn Dotson4.Salimbene de Adam and the Franciscan ChronicleAlison Williams Lewin5.The Villani ChroniclesPaula Clarke6.Chronicles and Civic Life in Giovanni Sercambi’s LuccaDuane J. Osheim7.Fourteenth-Century Lombard ChroniclesSharon Dale8.Venetian History and Patrician ChroniclersJohn Melville Jones9.Chronicles into Legends and Lives: Two Humanist Accounts of the Carrara Dynasty in PaduaBenjamin G. Kohl10.Challenging Chronicles: Leonardo Bruni’s History of the Florentine PeopleGary Ianziti11.From the Roman Empire to Christian Imperialism: The Work of Flavio BiondoNicoletta PellegrinoBibliographyIndex