Emilia narrates this tale, one part of which ( the motif of using extra fine bow strings ) supposedly is based on a real event, according to a chronicle by Giovanni Villani.

Similarly, the chronicler Giovanni Villani was so impressed on this occasion by the sight of the monuments of Rome and the people who flocked thither that he then and there formed the resolution of his great chronicle, in the course of which he gives a remarkable account of what he witnessed.

However, historian Kenneth R. Bartlett notes that, in contrast to his Renaissance-era successors, " his reliance on such elements as Divine Providence links Villani closely with the medieval vernacular chronicle tradition.

Matteo was the brother of Giovanni Villani, and continued the chronicle up to 1363.

He put into triplets the chronicle of Giovanni Villani ( Centiloquio ), and wrote many historical poems called Serventesi, many comic poems, and not a few epico-popular compositions on various subjects.

Later, in the mid-14th century, Giovanni Villani recorded the long-remembered details — as Florentines remembered them — in his chronicle, though the casus belli he offers are merely conventional " outrages " on the part of Arezzo ; the elaborately staged raid and fight led by aristocrats on both sides sounds like stylized gang warfare, though carried out, according to Villani, under the battle standard of the absent Charles, the Angevine King of Naples.

The Florentine Giovanni Villani agreed that they were destructive on the field, though he also indicated that the guns continued to fire upon French cavalry later in the battle:

The same name was also used by Florentines, such as the poet Fazio degli Uberti ( circa 1309 – 1367 ), the famous chronicler Giovanni Villani ( c. 1275 – 1348 ), and Giovanni Boccaccio ( 1313 – 1375 ), who wrote that the Brenta River rises from the mountains of Carantania, a land in the Alps dividing Italy from Germany.

Most of the original biographical data on him comes from a 1385 book on famous Florentine citizens by chronicler Filippo Villani, who was also born approximately 1325.

" In recurring themes made implicit through significant events described in his Cronica, Villani also emphasized three assumptions about the relationship of sin and morality to historical events, these being that excess brings disaster, that forces of right and wrong are in constant struggle, and that events are directly influenced by the will of God.

Other banking companies also went bankrupt, such as the Peruzzi in 1343 and the Compagnia dei Bardi in 1346 ( they were allied in a joint venture by 1336 ); Villani calculated that before their bankruptcy the Peruzzi had lost some 600, 000 florins and the Bardi had lost some 900, 000 florins.

In addition to the questionable figures Villani posed for the Peruzzi and Bardi companies, it is also known that several events described in his Cronica surrounding the Buonaccorsi's bankruptcy were written to deliberately obscure the truth about the company's fraudulent behavior ; Miller writes that " this is one of the most convincing conclusions " of historian Michele Luzzati's Giovanni Villani e la Compagnia dei Buonaccorsi ( 1971 ).

Villani was also a staunch supporter of what he deemed the liberties of the Church, while criticizing the new popular government of the novi cives since they protested against the many legal exemptions the Church enjoyed.

To emphasize the imperial greatness of Florentine history, Villani also asserted that the city was given a second founding when it was rebuilt by Charlemagne ( r. 800 – 814 as Holy Roman Emperor )— which was absent from the Chronica de origine civitatis.

Villani also contradicts himself by writing of a night attack on Florence in 1323 which clearly demonstrates the fact that the gates were locked at night.

" Villani's Cronica also provides the first known biography of Dante Alighieri ( 1265 – 1321 ), author of the Divine Comedy, who Villani described as haughty, disdainful, and reserved.

The Cronica is also an incredibly rich historical record ; its greatest value to modern historians is its descriptions of the people, data, and events experienced by Villani during his lifetime.

Dante would have learned of the battle, its preparations ( documented by Latini in the Libro di Montaperti ), strategies and treachery, as well as those of the Battles of Benevento and Tagliacozzo, from the Chancellor, using material also to be gleaned later by Giovanni Villani, the Florentine merchant and historian.

However, the early 20th century historian Philip Wicksteed stated of Villani, " When dealing with his own times, and with events immediately connected with Florence, he is a trustworthy witness, but minute accuracy is never his strong point ; and in dealing with distant times and places he is hopelessly unreliable.

According to Villani, Landini was given a crown of laurel by the King of Cyprus, who was in Venice for several periods during the 1360s.

Filippo Villani, Matteo's son, flourished in the latter half of the 14th century and ended the Cronica at 1364 ; his portion includes details of the lives of many Florentine artists and musicians, including Giotto di Bondone and Francesco Landini.

Giovanni Villani, a contemporary of Boccaccio and chronicler, states that he was born in Paris as a consequence of an illicit relation but others denounce this as a romanticism by the earliest biographers.

Loren was born in the Clinica Regina Margherita in Rome, Italy, daughter of Romilda Villani ( 1914 – 1991 ) and Riccardo Scicolone, a construction engineer of Sicilian and Venetian origins.

Villani did travel abroad during much of the early 14th century, yet he had returned to his home in Florence at the time of the Battle of Crécy, so his information was likely second hand if not third or fourth hand.

Alessandra Mussolini was born in Rome, the daughter of Romano Mussolini, the fourth son of the Fascist leader Benito Mussolini, and Anna Maria Villani Scicolone ( born 11 May 1938, Rome ).

The ancient building, founded in the early 5th century and having undergone many repairs, was crumbling with age, as attested in the 14th century Nuova Cronica of Giovanni Villani, and was no longer large enough to serve the growing population of the city.

The Leggenda was once thought to be a source for the Nuova Cronica of Giovanni Villani, itself a source for the Vespers.

According to Călinescu, Iorga was visibly embarrassed by even 19th century Romanticism, out of his territory with virtually everything after " Villani and Commynes ", and endorsing the " obscure manqués " in modern Romanian letters.

He was heavily involved in the political and religious controversies of his day, according to Villani, but he seems to have remained in the good graces of the Florentine authorities.

Giovanni Villani ( c. 1276 or 1280 – 1348, ) was an Italian banker, official, diplomat and chronicler from Florence who wrote the Nuova Cronica ( New Chronicles ) on the history of Florence.

Villani was inspired to write his Cronica after attending the jubilee celebration in Rome in 1300 and noting the venerable history of that city.

Giovanni Villani was born into the Florentine merchant middle class.

Villani was a member of the Arte di Calimala ( wool finishers ) guild in Florence since 1300, serving on the mercanzia council of eight.

Traveling abroad as a factor for the company, Villani was paid a regular salary in addition to his shareholding profits.

Giovanni Villani was a co-director of Buonaccorsi in 1324.

From 1329 to 1330 Villani was a commune-appointed magistrate of provisioning protecting Florence from the famine's worst effects.

Villani was the superintendent of the construction of Andrea Pisano's bronze doors for the Florence Baptistry.

Villani was sent on another diplomatic mission in 1329, this time to Bologna to meet Cardinal Bertrand de Pouget.

Villani and the Buonaccorsi had gained an unsavory reputation as early as 1331, when Villani was tried ( and cleared ) for barratry for his part in building the new third circuit of walls around Florence.

Within a few weeks, other programmers including Pat Villani ( 1954 – 2011 ) and Tim Norman joined the project.

Beaufort has been named by some sources as one of " America's Best Art Towns ", including being ranked the No. 14 Small City Arts Destination by American Style Magazine in 2008 and one of America's top 100 art towns by author John Villani in his 2005 book The 100 Best Art Towns in America: A Guide to Galleries, Museums, Festivals, Lodging and Dining.

Within a few weeks, other programmers including Pat Villani and Tim Norman joined the project.

However, he did find civic pride in that the whole city — including the novi cives — had joined together in an uprising against Walter VI, whose sins of imposing tyranny were, to Villani, sufficient justification for the violence needed to overthrow him.

In addition, a number of individuals are known to have read the text or have been indirectly influenced by it, including: Vussin, Hrabanus Maurus, Hermann of Reichenau, Hugo of St. Victor, Gervase of Melkey, William of Malmesbury, Theoderich of St. Trond, Petrus Diaconus, Albertus Magnus, Filippo Villani, Jean de Montreuil, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Giovanni de Dondi, Domenico di Bandino, Niccolò Acciaioli bequeathed copy to the Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence, Bernward of Hildesheim, and St. Thomas Aquinas.