The Cronaca di Partenope

Biographical note Readership Table of contents

Publication Type:

Book

Pages, Illustrations:

400 pp.

Imprint:

BRILL

Language:

English

Biographical note

Samantha Kelly, Ph.D (Northwestern University, 1998) is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Program in Medieval Studies at Rutgers University. A specialist of medieval Italy, she is the award-winning author of The New Solomon (Brill, 2003)

Readership

All those interested in premodern historiography, memory, and group identity, vernacular writing, the medieval city, and the history of southern Italy.

Acknowledgments ... vii
Abbreviations and Stylistic Conventions ... ix

Preliminary matter
I. Introduction ... 3
II. Original Text, Author, and Date ... 11
III. Historical Context ... 27
IV. Sources and Adaptations ... 55
V. Diffusion and Influence, 1350-1490 ... 79
VI.Manuscripts ... 103

The Cronaca di Partenope: a critical edition
Preface to the Edition ... 151
Edition ... 165

Appendices
I. HistoricalNotes and Sources ... 283
II. Variant Text ofManuscript V ... 331
III. Chapter Titles Added by OtherManuscriptWitnesses ... 339
Bibliography ... 345
Index ... 353

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