Villani, Giovanni
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...ne, c.1275 1348, Italian historian of Florence. As a Florentine government functionary, he participated...narrates. His 12-volume history of Florence, written...An early monument of Italian prose, it helped fix the Tuscan language as the Italian standard. Villani died...