History of the Florentine People

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ISBN: 9780674005068 | 0674005066
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Copyright: 4/26/2001

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Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444), the leading civic humanist of the Italian Renaissance, served as apostolic secretary to four popes (1405-1414) and chancellor of Florence (1427-1444). He was famous in his day as a translator, orator, and historian, and was the best-selling author of the fifteenth century. Bruni's History of the Florentine People in twelve books is generally considered the first modern work of history, and was widely imitated by humanist historians for two centuries after its official publication by the Florentine Signoria in 1442. This edition makes it available for the first time in English translation.

Introduction

Maps

xxii

HISTORY OF THE FLORENTINE PEOPLE

Preface

(6)

Book I

(100)

Foundation of Florentia by Sulla's veterans

(6)

The Catilinarian conspiracy

(3)

How Rome overshadowed Florentia

(2)

History of the Etruscans

(8)

Rome's debt to Etruscan culture

(1)

Etruria's rivalry with, and eventual defeat by, Rome

(16)

Decline of the Roman Empire and its causes

(4)

Barbarian invasions

(1)

The Goths

(14)

Attila and the Huns

(4)

The Vandals

(1)

Odoacer and Theodosius, king of the Goths

(4)

The Lombard Kingdom

(4)

Charlemagne and the revival of the Western Empire

(7)

Revival of city life

(1)

Florentia destroyed by Totila the Goth, not Attila the Hun

(4)

The struggle between the popes and the emperors and its effects in Tuscany

(2)

Emperor Frederick II and the exacerbation of partisanship

(26)

Book II

108

(128)

The death of Frederick II and the emergence of the Florentine People as a political force

(1)

Struggle against Ghibellines in Pistoia, Pisa and Figline

(7)

Defeat of Pistoia

(2)

Defeat of Volterra

(4)

Building of the Palace of the Podesta

(3)

The rise of Manfred

(6)

The insurrection of the Uberti and their expulsion from Florence

(1)

Alliance of the exiles with the Sienese

(2)

The speech of Farinata before Manfred

(2)

Manfred aids the Florentine exiles and the Sienese

(2)

Their defeat at the hands of the Florentines

(2)

Manfred sends reinforcements

(1)

The Florentine exiles and the Sienese lay a trap

(4)

Speech of Tegghiaio Adimari before the Anziani

(9)

His advice is rejected, and Florence prepares to fight Siena

(7)

Speech of Manfred's commander to the men of Siena

(1)

The battle of Montaperti

(5)

Reaction in Florence to the defeat of the allied forces

(1)

The Guelfs go into exile; the end of the Primo Popolo

(3)

Florence under Ghibelline rule

(2)

The debate at Empoli over the destruction of Florence

(2)

The speech of Farinata

(5)

Expulsion of Guelf forces from Tuscany

(6)

Emigration of Florentine Guelfs to Emilia-Romagna and their military successes there

(3)

The pope makes Charles of Anjou King of Sicily; Tuscan Guelfism revives

(3)

The Florentine Guelfs join Charles of Anjou

(2)

Speech of the Florentine commander to Charles

(5)

The Battle of Benevento

(4)

Ghibelline power in Florence weakens

(3)

The Ghibelline nobles attempt a counter-coup, but Guido Novello is expelled from Florence

100

(3)

The restoration of popular power

103

(1)

The return of the Guelf exiles

104

(1)

The origins of the Guelf and Ghibelline factions

105

(5)

A new threat from the young Emperor Conradin

110

(2)

The pope appoints Charles governor of Tuscany

112

(5)

The Parte Guelfa is established

117

(1)

The Florentines and Charles attack and capture the Ghibelline base at Poggibonsi

118

(118)

Book III

236

(94)

Charles of Anjou faced with twin threats

(1)

Revolts against the Angevins in Rome and in the Kingdom of Sicily

(5)

Conradin descends upon Italy

(2)

Charles' knights ambushed near Arezzo

(4)

The Battle of Tagliacozzo

(1)

Conradin's flight, capture and execution

(1)

The Florentine Guelfs renew the struggle against Ghibellines in Tuscany

(6)

Charles makes peace between Florence and Pisa

(3)

Gregory X attempts to pacify Florence

(1)

His speech to the Florentines, urging them to receive back the Ghibelline exiles

(6)

An angry reply from the Florentine leadership

(11)

Uprisings in Pisa

(3)

Further dealings of Gregory X with Florence under interdict

(3)

The Florentines and the Lucchesi renew the war against Pisa

(4)

The mission of Cardinal Latino to Florence

(6)

The Priorate is established

(4)

The Sicilian Vespers

(3)

Charles moves to quell the uprising, supported by the Florentines

(1)

His defeat by Peter of Aragon

(2)

Alliance of Florence, Genoa and Lucca against Pisa

(3)

A new circuit of walls is laid out in Florence

(1)

Death of Charles of Anjou

(1)

The beginnings of the war with Arezzo

(4)

Oration of the Aretine Guelfs before the Florentine Priors

(4)

Defeat of the Sienese at the hands of the Aretines

(2)

Further threats from Arezzo and Pisa

(247)

Book IV

330

(143)

The Aretine war continues

(4)

The Battle of Campaldino

(6)

Miraculous arrival in Florence of the news of victory

(5)

The office of the Standard-Bearer of Justice is created

(4)

Renewal of war against Arezzo and Pisa

(6)

The struggle between the nobility and the People

(2)

Speech of Giano della Bella recommending the Ordinances of Justice

(7)

Peace negotiations with Pisa

(5)

Renewed domestic strife, and the expulsion of Giano della Bella from Florence

(6)

The building of the Palazzo Vecchio

(3)

Beginnings of the struggle between the Blacks and the Whites

(8)

The poet Dante attempts to make peace during his priorate

(5)

Charles of Valois comes to Italy, heralded by a comet

(1)

He is received as a peacemaker in Florence, but behaves like a tyrant

(1)

The exiled Corso Donati returns to Florence

(3)

Dante is exiled

(9)

Renewed strife between the Cerchi and the Donati

(3)

Cardinal Niccolo da Prato attempts to make peace

(1)

He promotes a plan to establish twenty companies of civic militia, each with its own standard-bearer

(7)

The heart of the city is burned in a great fire during factional troubles

(2)

The exiles attack Florence at the behest of Niccolo of Prato

(5)

Robert of Anjou is made commander-in-chief of the Florentine league in Tuscany

(1)

The siege of Pistoia

(4)

A new magistracy, the Executor of Justice, is created

(1)

The mission of Cardinal Napoleone degli Orsini is resisted by the Florentines

100

(4)

The expulsion and death of Corso Donati

104

(6)

Pistoia defends itself against Lucca, with Florentine encouragement

110

(5)

Robert of Anjou becomes King

115

(1)

Henry VII of Luxembourg becomes Emperor and sends a legation to Florence demanding obedience

116

(4)

The Florentines debate whether they should send ambassadors to Henry

120

(3)

Henry crosses the Alps; the Florentines prepare to defend themselves against him

123

(2)

The malicious amnesty of the jurist Baldo D'Aguglione

125

(348)

Note on the Text and Translation

473

(6)

Notes to the Text

479

(8)

Notes to the Translation

487

(18)

Bibliography

505

(2)

Index

507

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