Jacopo da Varagine's Chronicle of the city of Genoa

Author(s)

• Jacobus, de Voragine, ca.
• Beneš, Carrie E.

Bibliographic Information

Jacopo da Varagine's Chronicle of the city of Genoa

translated and annotated by C.E. Beneš

（Manchester medieval sources series）

Manchester University Press, 2020

• : hardback

Note

Translated from the Latin

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book offers the first English translation of the Chronicle of the city of Genoa by the thirteenth-century Dominican Jacopo da Varagine, an author best known for his monumental book of saints' lives, the Golden legend. Jacopo's Chronicle presents a coherent vision of Genoa's place in history, the cosmos and Creation as written by the city's own archbishop - mixing eyewitness accounts with scholarly research about the city's origins and didactic reflections on the proper conduct of public and private life. Accompanied by an extensive introduction, this complete translation provides a unique perspective on a dynamic medieval city-state from one of its most important officials, broadening the available literature in English on medieval Italian urban life. -- .

Table of Contents

Introduction Jacopo da Varagine, Chronicle of the city of Genoa Prologue Part one: On the foundation of Genoa Part two: On the early history of Genoa Part three: On the name of Genoa Part four: On the Christianisation of Genoa Part five: On the growth of the city Part six: On government Part seven: On rulers Part eight: On citizenship Part nine: On domestic life Part ten: On the Genoese church Part eleven: The history of Genoa under the bishops Part twelve: The history of Genoa under the archbishops Appendix Index -- .

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB30439332
• ISBN:
  • 9780719099403
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: lat
• Place of Publication: Manchester
• Pages/Volumes: x, 286 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 945.18204
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Genoa (Italy) -- History -- To 1339 -- Sources
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA18834137