Bibliograph

The devil's broker, seeking gold, God, and glory in fourteenth-century Italy, Frances Stonor Saunders

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The devil's broker, seeking gold, God, and glory in fourteenth-century Italy, Frances Stonor Saunders

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-381) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The devil's broker

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

60525559

Responsibility statement

Frances Stonor Saunders

Sub title

seeking gold, God, and glory in fourteenth-century Italy

Table Of Contents

The fourteenth century: ways to die -- Ways to live -- Bad company -- Avignon, whore of France -- Sons of Belial -- Italia mia -- Betrayal -- Naked force -- Vipers of Milan -- State of decline -- The road to Rome -- The first estate -- Overeating -- Undereating -- Virtue's shame -- How to get to heaven -- Florence -- Bloody saints -- Freedom fighters -- Anathema -- Cardinal vices -- From massacre to marriage -- The other woman -- Schism -- Stories from Troy -- Neapolitan question -- Viper swallows viper -- The wheel of fortune -- The last campaign -- Final audit -- The greatest glory -- What remains -- Pale horse, pale rider

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