The cronaca di Partenope : an introduction to and critical edition of the first vernacular history of Naples (c. 1350)
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The cronaca di Partenope : an introduction to and critical edition of the first vernacular history of Naples (c. 1350)
(The medieval Mediterranean : peoples, economies and cultures, 400-1453 / editors, Michael Whitby ... [et al.], v. 89)
Brill, 2011
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Attributed to Bartolomeo Caracciolo
Text in Italian; study in English
includes bibliographical references (p.[347]-353) and index (p.[355]-364)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Narrating the history of Naples from its foundation in early antiquity to the year 1343, the Cronaca di Partenope was the first chronologically comprehensive history of the city and one of the earliest works of any genre composed in the Neapolitan vernacular. Drawing on earlier-medieval texts and a healthy dose of legend, it is a prime witness to Neapolitan identity and memory in the later Middle Ages and an important example of southern Italian civic historiography. This volume offers the first critical edition of the text, accompanied by an extensive introduction that establishes its author, date, historical context, source materials, and later fortunes, including its significant influence on the subsequent development of local historiography
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ... vii
Abbreviations and Stylistic Conventions ... ix
Preliminary matter
I. Introduction ... 3
II. Original Text, Author, and Date ... 11
III. Historical Context ... 27
IV. Sources and Adaptations ... 55
V. Diffusion and Influence, 1350-1490 ... 79
VI.Manuscripts ... 103
The Cronaca di Partenope: a critical edition
Preface to the Edition ... 151
Edition ... 165
Appendices
I. HistoricalNotes and Sources ... 283
II. Variant Text ofManuscript V ... 331
III. Chapter Titles Added by OtherManuscriptWitnesses ... 339
Bibliography ... 345
Index ... 353
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