# The Two First Centuries of Florentine History The Republic and Parties at the Time of Dante. Fourth Impression.

Author: Villari, Pasquale, 1827-1917; Villari, Linda, 1836-1915 [Translator]

Genre: Category: History - European

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45469

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## Summary

_Before deciding to issue this translation I had first to reflect whether my Florentine studies could be of any use to the English public. Since Roscoe's day English literature has been enriched by works of much importance on different phases of the political, literary, and artistic history of Florence. Both Napier and Trollope have bequeathed very complete narratives of Florentine events, and translations of notable foreign works have also been produced. But nearly all these works appeared before any scientific research as to the origin of the City and Commonwealth had begun, or, at least, before it had reached the results I have briefly expounded, and which deserve notice, not only on t...

## Chapters

- [ii. These documents clearly show in what manner Matilda's tribunal was](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-first-centuries-of-florentine-history-the-republic-and-23e1ad92/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-first-centuries-of-florentine-history-the-republic-and-23e1ad92/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.[367](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-first-centuries-of-florentine-history-the-republic-and-23e1ad92/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-first-centuries-of-florentine-history-the-republic-and-23e1ad92/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.[548](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-first-centuries-of-florentine-history-the-republic-and-23e1ad92/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-first-centuries-of-florentine-history-the-republic-and-23e1ad92/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-first-centuries-of-florentine-history-the-republic-and-23e1ad92/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-first-centuries-of-florentine-history-the-republic-and-23e1ad92/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-first-centuries-of-florentine-history-the-republic-and-23e1ad92/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-first-centuries-of-florentine-history-the-republic-and-23e1ad92/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.[489](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-first-centuries-of-florentine-history-the-republic-and-23e1ad92/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-first-centuries-of-florentine-history-the-republic-and-23e1ad92/chapters/6/index.md)
- [xiii. 148-9) we find Dante attributing the destruction of Florence to](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-first-centuries-of-florentine-history-the-republic-and-23e1ad92/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter IX does not have a section VII. This appears to](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-first-centuries-of-florentine-history-the-republic-and-23e1ad92/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-first-centuries-of-florentine-history-the-republic-and-23e1ad92/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-first-centuries-of-florentine-history-the-republic-and-23e1ad92/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-first-centuries-of-florentine-history-the-republic-and-23e1ad92/chapters/2/index.md)