The Sack of Rome

Author

Francesco Guicciardini

Original Work

The History of Italy

Translator

James H. McGregor

Language

English

Year

1993

Publisher

Italica Press

Country

United States

Pages

198

ISBN

9780934977326

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ON MAY 5, 1527 Spanish, German, and Italian troops under the banner of the Holy Roman Emperor swarmed into Rome. They plundered, tortured, raped, and murdered until dispersed by plague that December . “We are fortunateto possess many eyewitness accounts of this extraordinary event. Only one contemporary account, however, offers an overview of the political and military situation in Italy that culminated in the sack of Rome. That account is here translated for the first time.” (Introduction) Translated & editedby James H. Mc Gregor. Illustrated, maps, introduction, glossary, afterword, bibliography. Jacob de Cessolis The Book of Chess (2 PB) JACOB DE CESSOLIS’Liber de moribus hominum et officiis nobilium, now simply called was famous throughout Europe The Book of Chess, and translated into numerous languages. It presents readers with a primer on the game and a look into a contemporary’s view of the structure and ways of medieval society.From kings and queens, to farmers and gamblers, Jacob outlined the virtues and vices, obligations and inclinations of the various members of the three orders: those who fought, those who worked and those who prayed, playing out their qualities on the chess board. This edition offers the first English translation of this famous work since Caxton’s printing of 1474. Translated and edited by H.L. Williams— Google Books