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Villani, Giovanni, approximately 1275-1348

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Personal name headingVillani, Giovanni, approximately 1275-1348
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Variant(s)Villani, Giovanni, d. 1348
Birth date1275~
Death date1348
Place of birthFlorence (Italy)
Place of deathFlorence (Italy)
Profession or occupationHistorians
Found inGiovanni Villani e i suoi continuatori, 1998.
His Giovanni Villani, c2002: t.p. (Giovanni Villani) p. 3 (b. between 1275 and 1280, Firenze; d. 1348)
The final book of Giovanni Villani's New chronicle, 2016: title page (Giovanni Villani) title page verso (CIP heading: Villani, Giovanni, -1348) page 1 (born sometime around 1275) page 4 (died in 1348)
Encyclopaedia Britannica, via WWW, March 5, 2018 (Giovanni Villan, Italian historian;born c. 1275, Florence--died 1348, Florence; Italian chronicler whose European attitude to history foreshadowed Humanism)
Academic Kids Encyclopedia, via WWW, March 5, 2018 (Giovanni Villani; Giovanni Villani (ca 1275-1348), the Florentine writer of the famous chronicles (the Cronica) is the greatest Italian chronicler of his own times and the cornerstone of the early medieval history of Florence; his interest in economic details makes him the most modern of the late medieval chroniclers; he wrote in Italian of events beyond those he was directly concerned with as a leading merchant personally involved in Florentine diplomacy and the city's public life)
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