Research Catalog

Title

Jacopo da Varagine's chronicle of the city of Genoa / translated and annotated by C.E. Beneš.

Author

Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298

Publication

• Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.
• ©2020

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Additional Authors

Benes, Carrie E., 1974-

Description

x, 286 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 22 cm.

Summary

"This book provides the first English translation of the <i>Chronicle of the city of Genoa<i/> by Jacopo da Varagine, a thirteenth-century Dominican best known for his monumental book of saints' lives, the <i>Golden legend</i>. Toward the end of a busy career as a writer and administrator, Jacopo became archbishop of Genoa, one of the most important mercantile centres in the Mediterranean. The <i>Chronicle<i/> was compiled in the course of his tenure (1292-98). It presents a coherent vision of Genoa's place in history, the cosmos, and Creation, mixing scholarly research about the city's origins with didactic reflections on the proper conduct of public and private life, as well as personal accounts of Jacopo's experience as archbishop. While hundreds of such chronicles were written in the cities of Italy during the Middle Ages, full translations are rare in English, and the majority focus on better-known cities such as Florence and Venice. Accompanied by an extensive introduction that places Jacopo and his work in a historical and literary context, this full-text translation illustrates the variety of methodologies employed in medieval historiography, provides a unique perspective on this dynamic medieval city-state from one of its most important officials, and broadens the available literature in English on medieval Italian urban life. It meets a growing need for translations of key sources that are directly usable in students' work, while also serving as an introduction to medieval Genoa, civic culture, medieval historical writing. Dominican composition, and the author better known as Jacobus de Voragine." --Back cover.

Series Statement

Manchester medieval sources series

Uniform Title

Manchester medieval sources series.

Subjects

• Sources
• Italy > Genoa
• Genoa (Italy) > History > To 1339 > Sources
• To 1339
• History
• Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298

Genre/Form

• History.
• Sources.

Note

• Translated from the Latin.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-271) and index.

Language (note)

• In English.

Contents

Introduction -- Jacopo da Varagine, <i>Chronicle of the city of Genoa</i> -- 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.

Call Number

JFD 20-1738

ISBN

• 0719099404
• 9780719099403

OCLC

1105061886

Author

Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298, author.

Title

Jacopo da Varagine's chronicle of the city of Genoa / translated and annotated by C.E. Beneš.

Publisher

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Manchester medieval sources series

Manchester medieval sources series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-271) and index.

Language

In English.

Chronological Term

To 1339

Added Author

Benes, Carrie E., 1974- translator, annotator.

Research Call Number

JFD 20-1738