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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 80. Chapters: Battles involving Tuscany, Governors of Siena, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, History of Florence, History of Pisa, House of Medici, Giovanni Villani, Nuova Cronica, Roman Academies, 1966 Flood of the River Arno, Duchess Violante Beatrice of Bavaria, History of ACF Fiorentina, Ugolino della Gherardesca, Timeline of Niccolo Machiavelli, Siege of Porto Ferrajo, Council of Pisa, Guilds of Florence, Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen, Gabinetto Vieusseux, Gonfaloniere of Justice, Antinori, Arte di Calimala, List of rulers of Tuscany, Order of Saint Stephen, Desco da parto, Princes of Ottajano, Battle of Cascina, Marzocco, Republic of Pisa, Fifth Council of the Lateran, Mattias de' Medici, Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Thornton expedition, Ciompi, Florin, Medici giraffe, National Central Library, Kingdom of Etruria, De Monarchia, Palleschi, Laudatio florentinae urbis, Calcio Fiorentino, Leopoldo de' Medici, Arte della Lana, Della Gherardesca family, Accademia degli Svogliati, Galileo's Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment, Signoria of Florence, Compagnia dei Bardi, State of Presidi, Michael Balfour, 1st Lord Balfour of Burleigh, Florentine calendar, Langobardia Major, The Scorpioni, Mahdia campaign, Tuscan fiorino, Compagnacci, Gran Caffe Doney, Chancellor of Florence, List of Governors of Siena, Tuscan lira, Ordinances of Justice, Risanamento. Excerpt: Giovanni Villani (c. 1276 or 1280-1348, Italian pronunciation: ) was an Italian banker, official, diplomat and chronicler from Florence who wrote the Nuova Cronica (New Chronicles) on the history of Florence. He was a leading statesman of Florence but later gained an unsavory reputation and served time in prison as a result of the bankruptcy of a trading and banking company he worked for. His interest in and elaboration of economic details, statistical information, and political and...
