Description
Product ID: | 9781472831286 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | CN |
Series: | Campaign |
Title: | Campaldino 1289 |
Subtitle: | The battle that made Dante |
Authors: | Author: Kelly DeVries, Graham Turner, Niccolo Capponi |
Page Count: | 96 |
Subjects: | European history, European history, History, Archaeology, Warfare and defence, Battles and campaigns, Medieval history, Archaeology, Warfare & defence, Battles & campaigns, c 500 CE to c 1000 CE |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A highly illustrated account of one of the major battles of Italy''s 13th century wars between the Guelphs and Ghibellines, immortalized in the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, who was one of the combattants. Campaldino is one of the important battles between the Guelphs and Ghibellines--the major political factions in the city states of central and northern Italy. It heralded the rise of Florence to a dominant position over the area of Tuscany and was one of the last occassions when the Italian city militias contested a battle, with the 14th century seeing the rise of the condottiere in Italy''s Wars. |
Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2018-07-26 |