Southern Italy and the Medieval World

Illustrated interpretation of a southern Italian coastal town

How did religious life, political power, and local communities shape medieval Southern Italy and its connected European world?

Period covered: 1212-1265

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Primary sources from Southern Italy and the wider medieval world, including the courts, churches, communes, and religious communities of thirteenth-century Europe.

This collection follows a Franciscan chronicle across Parma, the Italian communes, the papacy, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Mediterranean world of the thirteenth century.

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The Chronicle of Brother Salimbene of Parma

By Salimbene de Adam; Translated by Elias Rowan Hartwell

A complete modern English translation of Salimbene de Adam’s chronicle, following medieval Italy, the Franciscan order, the papacy, the Holy Roman Empire, and the political life of thirteenth-century Europe from 1212 to 1265.

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