Florentine Women and Vendetta: The Origin of Guelf-Ghibelline Conflict in Giovanni Villani’s Nuova Cronica

Peter Bokody*

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Abstract

By the fourteenth century, the Guelf-Ghibelline controversy was an established political issue in Italy. The opposition between the pope and the emperor was often used to raise the stakes of conflicts between cities and city-factions, and this antagonism was communicated through detailed visual symbolism. The chroniclers described these struggles and their devastating consequences. Giovanni Villani, in his Nuova Cronica, not only recounted the myths around the foundation of Florence, but he also created an elaborate narrative of its recent history.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5-14
Number of pages0
JournalSource: Notes in the History of Art
Volume37
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2017

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