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The man who believed he was king of France : a true medieval tale /

Replete with shady merchants, scoundrels, hungry mercenaries, scheming nobles, and maneuvering cardinals, The Man Who Believed He Was King of France proves the adage that truth is often stranger than fiction--or at least as entertaining. The setting of this improbable but beguiling tale is 1354 and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Di Carpegna Falconieri, Tommaso
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Italiano
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Edition:[American ed.].
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface (2005); Preface to the American Edition (2008); Translator's Note; Map of Europe in 1360; Chapter One, At Rome; Chapter Two, At Siena; Chapter Three, In the East; Chapter Four, In the West; Chapter Five, In Prision; Chapter Six, Giannino in History, Legend, and Literature; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Notes; Bibliography; Index.