ORCID
- Peter Bokody: 0000-0002-2787-4897
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.
DOI
Publication Date
2017-01-01
Publication Title
Source: Notes in the History of Art
Volume
37
Issue
1
ISSN
0737-4453
Embargo Period
2018-09-01
First Page
5
Last Page
14
Recommended Citation
Bokody, P. (2017) 'Florentine Women and Vendetta: The Origin of Guelf-Ghibelline Conflict in Giovanni Villani’s Nuova Cronica', Source: Notes in the History of Art, 37(1), pp. 5-14. Available at: 10.1086/695751
