Life of Cola Di Rienzo

Name: Life of Cola Di Rienzo
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ISBN: 9780888442673

ISBN-10: 088844267X

ISBN-13: 9780888442673

Edition: 1975

Authors: John Wright

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The Life of Cola di Rienzo is an anonymous eye-witness biography of Cola di Rienzo, a romantic visionary who led a popular revolution against the rapacious and tyrannical barons of medieval Rome. It vividly describes Cola's brief, tragi-comic reign as "Tribune" of a "restored Roman republic" in 1347, his subsequent pilgrimage to the imperial court at Prague and the papal court at Avignon, his return to Rome as Papal Senator in 1354, and his gruesome death at the hands of a Roman mob two months after his restoration. The chronicler paints a memorable picture of the squalor, the degradation, and the unquenchable vainglory of medieval Rome, presenting us with a clear-eyed, though at times…

Book details

List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 1975
Publisher: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Department of Publications
Publication date: 1/1/1975
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 166
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396