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GUIDA STORICO-CRONOLOGICA DEL COMUNE DI GREVE IN CHIANTI NEL MEDIOEVO. PARTE I: Dalla nascita del mercatale a Greve alla caduta di Siena (1555). Luoghi, fatti, vicende - Famiglie e personaggi
L'autore, dopo una ricerca durata un decennio e ancora continuata, presenta i primi tre (Parte I) di otto volumi sulla storia del comune di Greve in Chianti nel Medioevo, dalle prime notizie risalenti al VIII secolo sino al 1555 quando si concluse la guerra tra Firenze e Siena. Nei primi due volumi si parla delle "terre murate", ossia dei castelli, dei borghi, e delle persone che li abitavano: dal contadino vessato dal padrone, al boscaiolo-carbonaio pagato sempre meno del promesso, dal servo alla balia, dal poveraccio al miserabile, dall'artigiano al piccolo proprietario terriero, dal parroco al soldato. Sentiamo anche le vicende delle famiglie più in vista di quei tempi: dei Gherardini, d...
I Tornabuoni
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John Hawkwood
Winner, 2008 Otto Gründler Book Prize, The Medieval Institute Winner, 2008 Otto Gründler Book Prize, The Medieval Institute Notorious for his cleverness and daring, John Hawkwood was the most feared mercenary in early Renaissance Italy. Born in England, Hawkwood began his career in France during the Hundred Years' War and crossed into Italy with the famed White Company in 1361. From that time until his death in 1394, Hawkwood fought throughout the peninsula as a captain of armies in times of war and as a commander of marauding bands during times of peace. He achieved international fame, and city-states constantly tried to outbid each other for his services, for which he received money, lan...
Renaissance Florence
This book examines the social history of Florence from the fourteenth through to sixteenth centuries.
Chianti
Raymond Flower brings the enchanting history of the secluded Italian region Chianti to vivid life. Using meticulous research, Flower presents the engrossing tales of the Etruscans, the Romans, the Lombards, the factions of the Guelphs and the Ghibellines and explores the rise of the communes and the struggles between the Empire and the Papacy. In the late Middle Ages, Chianti was the scene of decisive battles, and many of its medieval buildings were destroyed in the Aragonese invasions of the 15th century. Flower is himself a wine grower, and this dazzling story evokes the beauty of the vintage, which has been a part of the region since Etruscan times.
