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Author Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.

Title The Lives of the Popes and Emperors / translated by Aldo S. Bernardo and Reta A. Bernardo ; edited, with an introduction, by Tania Zampini
Published New York : Italica Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series Medieval & Renaissance texts
Contents Intro; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; Description and Genre; Sources; The Book as Artifact and Its History; Authorship; Petrarch's De viris illustribus; Pseudo-Petrarch and the Liber pontificalis and De viris illustribus traditions; Conclusions; Through the First Century; The Second Century; The Third Century; The Fourth Century; The Fifth Century; The Sixth Century; The Seventh Century; The Eighth Century; The Ninth Century; The Tenth Century; The Eleventh Century; The Twelfth Century; The Thirteenth Century; The Fourteenth Century; The Fifteenth Century; The Sixteenth Century
Summary The Lives of the Popes and Emperors, long attributed to Petrarch, offers the lives of 230 popes and 117 emperors from Julius Caesar to Pope Clement VII and the year 1526. It combines the medieval chronicle's narrative of people, events, natural and celestial wonders with the grand themes of papal and imperial history and of sacred and secular authority. This volume offers a contemporary English translation of the complete text. Tania Zampini provides an introduction to the work and places it into the larger context of Renaissance society and culture, focusing on the work's major themes and its
Subject Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374 -- Translations into English
SUBJECT Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374. fast (OCoLC)fst00041151
Subject Popes -- Early works to 1800
Emperors -- Rome -- Early works to 1800
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Royalty.
Emperors.
Kings and rulers.
Popes.
SUBJECT Holy Roman Empire -- Kings and rulers -- Early works to 1800
Subject Europe -- Holy Roman Empire.
Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form Early works.
Translations.
Form Electronic book
Author Bernardo, Aldo S., translator
Bernardo, Reta A., translator
Zampini, Tania, editor
ISBN 9781599102528
1599102528
Other Titles Chronica de le vite de pontefici et imperadori Romani. English